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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25823590, member: 101855&quot;]The presence or absence of the “L” has nothing to do with this coin. It is made of the copper-nickel composition. All of those coins do not have the “L.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Longacre redid his Indian Cent dies in 1864. The “redo” included his initial and a pointed bust on the Indian. The old and new dies were used side by side when the composition was changed to bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to admit that I was confused. I took this coin to be the bronze variety because of the color in the photograph.</p><p><br /></p><p>The copper-nickel cents in their pristine form are white, like the modern five cent piece. They can tone to various colors. The only bad color is black. Steer clear of those coins because that’s corrosion. Here is a cent with its original white color.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1647030[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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