1 Cent, United States, 1865
date: label: Date made
content: 1865
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Longacre, James Barton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1865
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a Native American headdress.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / 1865
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Oak wreath and shield.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ONE CENT
label: Description
content: While it is commonly called an “Indian Head” cent, the portrait on this coin is the goddess Liberty, wearing a plains-style feathered warbonnet. Each feather in these warbonnets must be earned through bravery or skill, thus Liberty is portrayed as a courageous warrior for her cause. Originally issued in copper-nickel alloy, early Indian Head cents were commonly called “nickels.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nagle, J E
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.18455.0229
label: accession number
content: 18455
label: catalog number
content: NU*18455.0229
label: catalog number
content: 2774
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.3 x 19 mm; 3/4 in