1877 Indian Head Cent : History and Value

1877 Indian Head Cent : History and Value

1877 Indian Head Cent. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..   Background of the 1877 Indian Head Cent The small “white cent”, so-called because of its light color compared to that of the older large cent, had at first escaped the hoarding of coins that came with the Civil War. But by 1862, in spite of the production of millions of the coins, the cent had also disappeared from circulation, joining the silver and gold coins a…