Explore this guide from Benzinga to discover which Indian Head pennies are worth money, including history, design, and rare varieties of these coins.

Unlike the short 25-year life of the Buffalo nickel, the Indian Head penny was introduced before the Civil War and lasted a full half-century until being discontinued in 1909.

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The decision to halt penny production didn’t come as a surprise to those in the coin-collecting world. “I really thought we’d stop years ago to stop doing the penny.

He just beamed when she told him she had an old box with some Indian head pennies in it that he could look through and if he wanted some, she'd sell them for just a nickel each.

With an estimated 240 billion pennies in circulation, it’ll be a long time before we stop seeing them in the wild.

The president could promptly end the production of new pennies, but phasing out the coin would take time and mean changes at retail stores, economists said.

Pennies allowed struggling 11-year-old paperboys more bang for their coin-buying buck. It was more affordable to buy, say, a 1901 Indian head penny than a 1901 Liberty head dime from a coin shop.

The 1864 Indian Head penny has an “L” on the ribbon behind the Indian Head and next to the bottom feather. A coin in good condition is worth $68, and uncirculated is around $519.

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1864 Indian Head Penny “L” on Ribbon — $161,000. The designer of this penny, James Longacre, slipped an “L” for his last name on the ribbon minted on these pennies in 1964.

1864 Indian Head Penny “L” on Ribbon — $161,000. The designer of this penny, James Longacre, slipped an “L” for his last name on the ribbon minted on these pennies in 1964.