Key Date Indian Head Cent

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1315. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. CU Penny (2.97 g, 6h). “Indian Head” type. Philadelphia mint. Dated 1877. Head of Liberty left, wearing feathered headdress / ONE/CENT in two lines within wreath decorated with arrows; shield above. Breen 1994. VG, faint obverse scratch and few tiny edge pits visible under low magnification. A key date in the series.

Ex Dominic Gaziano and Papyrus Way Collections (Stack’s, 26 March 2008), lot 60.