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The S-Mint Indian Cents: Classic US Coins
There are few coin series that originated in the 19th century and are as widely collected by date and mintmark as the
Indian Cent.
James B. Longacre, Chief Engraver of the
United States Mint, and in production from 1859 through 1909, the Indian Cent saw the vast majority of its production at the
Philadelphia Mint, which was long the only Mint facility authorized to produce base-metal coinage of small denominations; the bronze one-cent and copper-nickel five-cent coins could not be produced at branch mints. This changed in 1906 when the restriction that prevented branch facilities from producing small-denomination base-metal coins was lifted.
Canadian Nickel Dollars
1968 $1 Voyageur (Regular Strike) PCGS MS67
Canadian Dollars are large, highly collectible coins that have been popular with collectors since their regular-issue inception in 1935. They were struck in an 80% silver format through 1967 when rising bullion prices forced the
Royal Canadian Mint to choose a less-expensive base-metal format for its dollar coinage. The replacement was a pure nickel composition that was used in Canada Dollars from 1968 through 1987; from 1987 on, the large-size dollar format was replaced by the smaller
“Loonie” Dollar, a 26.72-millimeter nickel-bronze coin nicknamed for the placid design by
Robert-Ralph Carmichael of a loon swimming in a serene pond.
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