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Message:: [QUOTE="koen, post: 1381495, member: 35636"]On my website i want to place a little bit of background info about coins i have. But why not share the background info i found here also <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />(most of you will know the info allready, but maybe some newbies like myself can do smething with this info) The Indian Head cent.[ATTACH]163948.vB[/ATTACH]Designer: James Barton LongacreMinted: 1859 - 1909Composition: 88% copper, 12% nickel (before 1864), 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc (from 1864 to 1909) The Indian Head Cent is also known as the Indian Head Penny.It was designed by James Barton Longacre, who was then the engraver at the Philadelphia Mint.All Indian Heads are minted in Philadelphia until the last two years it was minted, in the last two years Indian Heads were also made in San Francisco. On the reverse of the 1859 Indian Head cent's thers is a laurel wreath.Inside the laurel Wreath are the words "One cent".In 1860 The design changed to an oak wreath, also arrows where added to the bottom and a shield was added on the top.The indian on the Indian Head cent is Lady Liberty, wearing a Native American headdress. In 1909 the Indian Head Cent was replaced with the Lincoln Wheat Cent.[/QUOTE]