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I have an 1863 Indian Head cent that is in about AU condition, but what scares me about the coin is the thickness. It is slightly thicker than a modern day nickle. Is this possible that a cent from 1863 could be this thick? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes. The copper-nickel Indian cents are much thicker than their bronze counterparts. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Show us some pics! |
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Rest in Peace
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Small photos but it looks right.
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I never knew about copper-nickle IHC. I always say if you don't learn something new every day you might as well be dead. Thanks for the info.... I always wondered if that coin was real or not. I've had it for over 30 years, not sure why I just started thinking about it again. |
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The images are small, but the coin appears to be of normal size and thickness.
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Bedrock of the Community
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Teach > you need to get yourself the latest Red Book ( A guide to U.S. coins ). It's a very good reference for all U.S. coins .  |
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I probably haven't had a Red Book in 30 years either. :) |
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Bedrock of the Community
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You would be surprised at how wonderful a reference the Red Book still is! |
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I buy a new one about every 4 to 5 years. |
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Quote: You would be surprised at how wonderful a reference the Red Book still is! |
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Great book. I have all of them from the first one to present.
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