Indian Head penny owned by the Dennis family
date: label: Date
content: 1863
name: label: Produced by
content: United States Mint, American, founded 1792
label: Subject of
content: Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust, American, founded 2001
notes: label: Description
content: The front of the coin features a white woman in profile wearing the headdress of a Native American man. Small text follows the circumference of the coin; to the image's left it reads [UNITED STATES] and to the right of the image it reads [OF AMERICA]. Below the image is the mint year [1863]. On the reverse of the coin is the denomination [ONE CENT] encircled with an oak wreath with a striped shield at the top apex of the design.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Coins and Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of M. Denise Dennis, in honor of the Dennis Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.273.7
objectType: label: Type
content: money
label: Type
content: pennies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper and nickel
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 3/4 × 1/16 in. (1.9 × 0.2 cm)