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1861 Indian Head Cent Reflects Civil War Period

Oh, if some coins could talk! Think of the stories that a coin like the 1861 Indian cent could tell.

It could tell of Lincoln and Lee, of the casualties at the first Battle of Bull Run, of the fears and trials of a nation launching itself into a war more terrible than anyone at the time

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