The myth is "If you pick up a penny heads up, you will have good luck. If you pick up a penny tails up, you will have the exact opposite."
When you find a pennt heads up it means GOOD LUCK ! Keep that penny you find and see what life brings you :))
The head of a penny is obviously the queens head, and the tail is that thing on the other side of the penny.
An 1883 Indian head penny is worth $3 retail if well-worn, or up to about $16 if almost un-circulated.
If you find a penny on the heads side it is good luck if you find a penny on the tails side and pick it up it is bad luck
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There was never a silver Indian Head penny.
The Indian Head penny was not minted until 1859.
Yes! It must be a head side up penny you found.
No Indian Head cent had a mintmark until 1908, so the 1898 cent will not have one.
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Before the Indian Head penny, the United States minted the Liberty Head penny, also known as the Flying Eagle penny. The Liberty Head design was used from 1856 until 1858, while the Indian Head penny was introduced in 1859. The Liberty Head featured a classic depiction of Lady Liberty and was part of the larger cent coinage reforms during that period.
There is no 1873 wheat penny. It is an Indian head penny.