1863 Indian Head Cent J-302

The thicker and heavier IHCs are typically cupro-nickel. They were struck on thicker planchets.
The Judd 302 is a proof coin dated 1863, bearing Longacre's "L" and a pointed bust. The reverse is the "Shallow N" style, which suggests it was struck 1870 or later. There are only 5 examples known.

Mal1980
When I started on this site, I had the same problem with file size.
One of the members posted to download picasa3 (free download)

With the program you can crop the file, so the pic is just the coin (shows detail better)
For file size you can use the function "export pictures to folder" from File drop down menu
at that point you can select a image size that will create a new file that will be less than
the needed 100kb file you need to post ..

I hope that makes since ..

Also wanting to know if this other 1863 IHC could be an Aluminum.

Thanks Guys. I figured it out. What I did was post the pic to facebook and then saved it from my facebook page as a smaller file which was under 100K.

mal1980
There is a 1864 L, but I don't think there is one for the 1863

As for your aluminum theory, I do not believe so. I have never heard of the mint in the 19th century experimenting with aluminum. It doesn't make any sense. At that time, due to the difficulty in refining it and the relatively scarcity of it, aluminum was worth as much as silver. The Washington monument was capped with an aluminum pyramid weighing about 6lbs, which at the time was the single largest piece of aluminum ever made mainly due to the difficulty and lack of understanding of how to purify the aluminum. I do not believe the mint would have made cents out of a material as expensive as silver.

Yes the mint did experiment with aluminum in the 19th century. During th 1870's they considered it for coinage to redeem fractional currency. They were interested in aluminum becuase although it was as valuable as silver it's lower density meant than an equal weight of silver was close to five times the valume and could therefore strike more cons per unit of weight. They also thought they would save on the number of dies needed because the softness of the metal. (Actually pure aluminum is rather hard on dies. Aluminum is very reactive and the metal almost instantly forms a protective coating of aluminum oxide. While aluminum is very soft, aluminum oxide is the second hardest naturally occurring material. Only diamond is harder. When planchets are struck the movement of the metal drags this oxide coating across the dies and it wears them out fairly quickly.) There are various patterns struck in aluminum and in the 1880's the mint even struck proof sets cent through double eagle, for some VIP's all in aluminum.