I was wondering if there was any reason an indian head cent would have the thickness of a nickel. I don't have accurate enough scales to give an actual weight, but the crappy scale I do have was fluctuating between 4 and 6 grams. I guess my basic question is is there a difference in thickness between the Cu/Ni cents and the bronze cents. Thank you in advance.
Howdy oldcrowcritter - Welcome to the forum !! There are a couple of things I can think of that could happen post mint, but from the sound of things it's not a genuine coin. It might be a token - can you post a pic ?
Crow Critter - sounds like you have one of IHC copper-nickel cents 1859-1864 according to the Red book 1859-1864's as suppose to weigh 4.67g 19mm and the bronze 1864's and later weigh 3.11g and 19mm with a difference of 1.56 grams they have to get thicker I know that with my flying eagles 1857-58 and IHC 1859-64 collection - they are alot thicker and very noticeable over regular cents hope this helps
Pics I appreciate all your responses. I've only recently started collecting the indian heads, and this is my first pre-64 piece. The 2 pictures are the coin in question with a regular indian head cent for comparision. I appreciate any further info you could give me.
oldcrowcritter Welcome to the forum !! And that is a coppernickel Indian Head cent. Dated, 1862, and a very nice one also. Take good care of it. And, yes, it is supposed to be thicker than a normal (or regular) cent.
Thanks everyone You have just increased my hapiness factor today by at least 2x today. I appreciate everyone's input. So, another question, is this coin an XF or an AU. Let me know if you need better pictures.
From the picture I can't see any wear so I'd say AU+ but I am not a good grader don't take my advice lol (why am i commenting then? lol). Nice coin, hang on to it for a while it is a nice piece.
AHHHHH. Please don't handle that coin with you fingers. PLEASE. You'll end up with your fingerprints all over the place. Nice coin.
Yeah, I normally don't even take coins out of the holders I get them in, but for some reason I wanted to take a closer look at this one. Also at the time of the pictures, I was under the assumption that it was not genuine. That'll teach me to go thinking ever again.
