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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 205580, member: 6229&quot;]Well, I guess you know all about the United States of America <a href="http://indianheadcents.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://indianheadcents.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Indian Head Cents</a> and, if you collect them, you have all three varieties of the 1864s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You know, Variety 1, the 1864 copper-nickel ones of which 13,740,000 were struck for general circulation and 370 proofs were struck.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s the image: <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864_cent_copper_nickel.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864_cent_copper_nickel.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864_cent_copper_nickel.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And then you know later on in 1864 the composition of Indian Head Cents was changed from copper-nickel to bronze <font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">and the mint struck a total of 39,233,714 business strikes and 150 proofs of these 1864 variety 2 bronze coins</font>.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">You may already have a variety 3, one of the scarce 1864 bronze cents with the designer&#039;s initial &quot;L&quot; in the last ribbon. It is estimated by the then mint officials that 5,000,000 of these 1864-L bronze cents were struck for circulation and 20 proofs were produced for collectors, thus bringing the total of variety two 1864 business strikes down to 34,233,714.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Here&#039;s an image of variety 2: <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864_cent_bronze.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864_cent_bronze.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864_cent_bronze.htm</a></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Here&#039;s Variety three: <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864L_cent.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864L_cent.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1864L_cent.htm</a></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Clinker</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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