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Message:: [QUOTE="frech001, post: 3178460, member: 20616"]I found this 1887 Indian Head Cent while helping my father dig footings for an addition to our home in 1958. Our house, was located at the bottom of a hill and had been a farm house on the edge of our town back to the late 1800s. While we were working, an elderly neighbor came over to watch. When I found this old green IHC he asked to see it. It was quite concaved and green from weather. He spit on it to remove some of the soil (I've never attempted to clean it any further). The old neighbor told me he thought it had landed on the roof of the house years ago when a Circus show was in town and they had a lady sharp shooter shooting pennies out of the air on top of our hill. The elderly neighbor said he was still a boy but remembered that it was before WW I. I asked if maybe it was Annie Oakley, but he didn't remember. He unfortunately died a few weeks later and I never did find out anymore about this coin. I did check the archives for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and they were in our town in 1909. However, Annie Oakley was at that time touring with the "Young Buffalo Show". So, I'm not positive of the date or shooter. However, it is a small piece of history in my collection. The edge picture shows that it was distorted consistent with a 22 short that was Annie Oakley's favorite target rifle.[/QUOTE]