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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2138106, member: 66&quot;]The reverse hub for the indian head cent from 1860 through about 1870 was the &quot;weak N&quot; hub.&nbsp; (The N is not always weak though.)&nbsp; Around 1871 a new reverse hub ( the strong N hub) was introduced.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t discard the old hub though and it was used to create reverse dies sometimes.&nbsp; All of the 1877 business strikes came from a single die that was made using the weak N hub.&nbsp; But ALL of the 1867 cents would have been made from the Weak N hub and the OP coin is from the strong N hub.&nbsp; The strength of the lower right corner of the N is what everyone keys on, but there are other differences.&nbsp; The one I look for is the upper serifs on the right upright of the N.&nbsp; O the weak N hubs the serifs are longer with the left serif being longer than the right one.&nbsp; On the strong N the serifs are short, stubby and of equal length.&nbsp; On the weak N hub the E of ONE also has a fairly long serif and the serifs of the N and E are close together.&nbsp; On the strong N they are much further apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an 1867 cent with a weak N reverse, and a 1906 with the strong N.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://media.coinvalues.com/original/17/b3/1f/1867-indian-head-penny-values-42-1423484591.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://coinauctionshelp.com/US/indiancents_bydate/1906%201C.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the picture from the OP so you can compare the reverse note especially the gap between the serifs of the N and E.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/1867indian-jpg.369438/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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