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Overlooked 1878 Indian Head Cent Tough to Find

he key Indian Head cent for more than a century has been the 1877. There is no serious debate. It is the king of the Indian cents with its 852,500 mintage. The 1909-S, with a total of just 309,000 pieces, has the lower mintage, but it’s widely known that the 1877 is a tougher coin having not survived in substantial

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