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Entry Details

PCGS Number: 2135
Coin Date: 1879
Denomination (Short): 1c
Denomination (Long): One Cent
Desg: MS
Composition: 95% copper; 5% zinc & tin
Mintage: 16,228,000
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Indian Head, Shield Reverse (Bronze)
Coinage Years: 1864-1909
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 19
Fineness: 0
Weight (Grams): 3.11
Weight (Ounces): 0
Designer: James B. Longacre
Edge: Plain
Obverse Description: A portrait bearing the likeness of a Native American in full headdress framed by the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the periphery. The date is centered at the bottom under the portrait.
Reverse Description: The reverse bears the denomination of ONE CENT in the center surrounded by a wreath bearing a ribbon with arrows tied in at the bottom center.
General Notes: This semi-key date comes from a high mintage of over 16.2 million of which mostly all were melted down, making this a very scarce Indian Cent. The 1879 is a better date in circulated grades that becomes scarce in Mint State. It is notably rare in gem condition and very tough to locate with red color.
NGC ID: 2286

1879 1c RD

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value
MS63	$422.00
MS64	$650.00
MS65	$1,750.00
MS66	$7,500.00
MS67	$24,000.00
MS63 CAC	$572.00
MS64 CAC	$910.00
MS65 CAC	$2,500.00
MS66 CAC	$11,900.00
MS67 CAC	$28,800.00

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. CAC. Eagle eye seal and Photo card included. PCGS Population: (64/36). NGC Census: (21/4). CDN: $1,4	65	$3,120	01/29/24
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (PCGS). CAC. OGH--First Generation.	65	$2,400	11/02/22
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (65/56). NGC Census: (21/4). CDN: $1,300 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS65. Mintage 16,2	65	$1,560	10/11/22
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (66/44 and 3/4+). NGC Census: (22/4 and 1/0+). CDN: $1,000 Whsle. Bid for NGC/	65	$3,120	04/25/21
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (PCGS).	65	$3,360	03/25/21
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (PCGS).	65	$1,680	11/17/20
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (PCGS).	65	$1,920	08/07/20
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (62/23). NGC Census: (21/3). CDN: $1,000 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS65. Mintage 16,2	65	$870	02/18/20
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (62/23 and 3/2+). NGC Census: (21/3 and 1/0+). CDN: $1,000 Whsle. Bid for problem-f	65	$810	12/07/19
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (62/23). NGC Census: (21/3). CDN: $1,000 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS65.	65	$840	12/07/19
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (61/22). NGC Census: (21/3). MS65. Mintage 16,231,200.	65	$840	04/30/19
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS Gold Shield.	65	$1,320	01/31/19
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (59/24). NGC Census: (22/3). MS65. Mintage 16,231,200.	65	$480	10/14/18
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (PCGS).	65	$1,020	08/15/18
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (PCGS). CAC.	65	$4,800	06/23/18
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. CAC.	65	$2,280	01/04/18
	1C 1879 PCGS MS65 RD CAC	65	$1,870	12/17/17
	1C 1879 PCGS MS65 RD CAC	65	$1,469	10/26/17
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$881	06/11/17
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$3,290	01/09/17
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (55/23). NGC Census: (21/3). CDN: $375 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS65. M	65	$999	01/09/17
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$1,762	08/14/16
	1879 1c PCGS MS65 RD	65	$1,275	12/21/15
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$1,645	11/01/15
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. CAC.	65	$1,939	07/12/15
	1879 1C MS65+ Red PCGS. CAC.	65	$2,232	06/08/14
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1879 1c RD	65	$776	06/02/13
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (PCGS).	65	$1,025	03/21/12
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$1,208	11/10/11
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Ex: Richard. PCGS Population (54/15). NGC Census: (44/4). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price	65	$1,035	01/09/11
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (54/16). NGC Census: (22/2). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	65	$920	01/10/10
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$3,594	10/25/08
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$920	01/12/08
Stacks Bowers	1879 1c RD	65	$1,380	01/07/08
	1879 1c PCGS MS65 RD	65	$1,127	08/13/07
	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. This flashy orange-red piece is full of fire and instant appeal, even if some trivial flecks do appe	65	$1,495	05/12/07
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Nicely struck with vivid copper-gold surfaces. Highly appealing with no distracting marks, though a	65	$920	01/06/07
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. This sharply struck Gem shows minor counterclockwise die rotation, sparkling luster, rich coloration	65	$949	07/08/06
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Surely one of the finest examples of this issue that we have ever examined, this lovely Gem Red Indi	65	$1,840	06/03/06
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. This sharply struck Gem shows minor counterclockwise die rotation, sparkling luster, rich coloration	65	$805	05/07/05
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Nice definition shows on the design elements, and lustrous, unabraded surfaces reveal a warm coppery	65	$1,265	05/07/05
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$862	11/06/04
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Dazzling mint-red color shows on	65	$1,380	09/11/04
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. This Gem Indian has shimmering red	65	$862	01/31/04
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Fully struck with a coating of	65	$776	01/10/04
HA	1879 MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$834	12/16/03
HA	1879 MS65 Red PCGS. The current Coin Dealer Newsletter (	65	$1,064	09/02/03
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Brilliant reddish-gold patina with	65	$920	07/29/03
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Ex: Ally Collection. The	65	$949	07/29/03
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. The sharply impressed features are	65	$978	05/05/03
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. A needle sharp Gem that displays	65	$1,064	05/03/03
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Deep orange-red color, with a hint	65	$1,150	01/11/03
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Richard Snow (1992) states that	65	$1,092	01/11/03
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$949	06/08/02
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$719	06/04/99
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$604	09/26/98
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$522	09/09/94
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-67 RD (PCGS).	67	$16,800	11/21/23
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-67 RD (PCGS).	67	$22,800	03/21/23
HA	1879 1C, RD	67	$2,200	08/17/96
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (80/126). NGC Census: (21/25). CDN: $500 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage 16,2	64	$516	05/23/23
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (80/118). NGC Census: (22/26). CDN: $560 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage 16,2	64	$504	09/06/22
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (77/113). NGC Census: (21/24). CDN: $475 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage 16,2	64	$600	01/12/21
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (77/104). NGC Census: (21/24). CDN: $475 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage 16,2	64	$480	10/20/20
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (77/100). NGC Census: (21/24). CDN: $475 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage 16,2	64	$528	09/08/20
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (79/85). NGC Census: (19/24). MS64. Mintage 16,231,200.	64	$432	04/02/19
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (79/84). NGC Census: (19/24). MS64. Mintage 16,231,200.	64	$499	03/19/19
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (79/85). NGC Census: (19/24). MS64. Mintage 16,231,200.	64	$720	01/15/19
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-64 RD (PCGS).	64	$564	08/15/16
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population (75/78). NGC Census: (18/25). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for pr	64	$564	06/12/16
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (74/77). NGC Census: (18/25). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$881	05/01/16
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (73/73). NGC Census: (19/25). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$517	04/26/15
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (72/70). NGC Census: (19/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$499	01/12/14
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (71/70). NGC Census: (38/48). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$705	12/02/12
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (70/70). NGC Census: (38/48). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$632	03/11/12
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (69/70). NGC Census: (38/48). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$402	09/11/11
	1879 1c PCGS MS64 RD	64	$345	07/26/10
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. Eagle Eye Photo Seal. PCGS Population (70/70). NGC Census: (19/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia	64	$632	05/02/10
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (72/70). NGC Census: (19/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$345	01/10/10
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (71/70). NGC Census: (19/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCG	64	$431	01/13/09
	1879 1c PCGS MS64 RD	64	$552	09/01/08
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (71/70). NGC Census: (19/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCG	64	$402	06/29/08
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (70/70). NGC Census: (19/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCG	64	$518	04/22/08
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (70/70). NGC Census: (19/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCG	64	$431	01/16/08
	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS, a highly lustrous fire-red piece with a blush of steel-gray on the cheek; and an 1885 MS65 Red and (Total: 2 Coins)	64	$748	03/17/07
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. Snow-4. Eagle Eye Photo Seal (card included). Pop: (P 65/62, N 18/24). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismed	64	$460	09/26/05
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red PCGS. A lustrous rose-gold near-Gem that	64	$310	01/13/03
HA	1879 1C, RD	64	$282	11/15/01
HA	1879 1C, RD	64	$195	10/03/00
HA	1879 1C, RD	64	$297	08/19/95
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS. CAC.	66	$9,600	02/09/23
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS. The 1879 is among the more available Indian cent issues of the 1870s, but high-end Red examples are	66	$6,300	05/23/22
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-66 RD (PCGS). CAC. Eagle Eye Photo Seal.	66	$10,800	08/16/21
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS.	66	$6,600	04/22/21
	1C 1879 PCGS MS66 RD	66	$4,112	12/12/19
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS. CAC.	66	$13,200	08/14/19
	1879 Indian Cent. MS-66 RD (PCGS).	66	$8,225	03/31/17
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS. CAC.	66	$9,400	02/07/16
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS.	66	$4,714	12/06/15
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS.	66	$7,050	01/14/13
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS.	66	$9,200	05/03/09
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS.	66	$8,625	12/06/08
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS.	66	$9,200	08/03/08
	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS.	66	$16,100	08/12/07
HA	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS. Richard Snow (2006) says of the 1879 cent, with a mintage of 16,228,000 business strikes, that it ".	66	$16,100	01/06/07
HA	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS. The base of the 1 shows the usual light repunching at the base, and also as usual, the features are	66	$14,950	01/07/06
HA	1879 1C MS66 Red PCGS. The base of the 1 shows the usual	66	$5,060	05/03/03
	1879 1C MS63 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (8/142). NGC Census: (2/43). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	63	$317	04/29/14
	1879 1C MS63 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (8/142). NGC Census: (2/43). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS	63	$218	08/02/09
HA	1879 1C, RD	63	$143	01/09/99
HA	1879 1C MS67+ Red NGC.	67	$8,400	05/04/23
HA	1879 1C MS67+ Red NGC.	67	$9,900	10/06/22
Legend	1C 1879 NGC MS66 RD	66	$4,112	12/08/22
Stacks Bowers	1879 Indian Cent. MS-66 RD (NGC).	66	$1,920	11/14/19
HA	1879 1C, RD	66	$578	10/07/95
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. NGC Census: (22/5). PCGS Population: (65/51). CDN: $1,300 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS65. Mintage 16,23	65	$1,200	08/30/22
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. NGC Census: (22/2). PCGS Population (53/17). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem f	65	$1,175	03/24/13
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. NGC Census: (44/4). PCGS Population (54/16). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem f	65	$751	08/14/11
Stacks Bowers	1879 Indian Cent. MS-65 RD (NGC). OH.	65	$529	06/17/10
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC.	65	$632	01/10/10
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. NGC Census: (22/2). PCGS Population (52/16). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price: $950. (#2135	65	$661	10/17/06
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. A vibrant red-copper coin with cherry-magenta patches. A boldly struck and radiant example with great	65	$546	09/16/06
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. Phenomenal unmellowed surfaces with tangerine centers and lemon-yellow borders. A few tiny flecks tha	65	$632	01/07/06
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. Orange and rose hues grace this unmarked and attractive semi-prooflike Gem. Not fully defined on the	65	$805	11/05/05
HA	1879 1C MS65 Red NGC. Both the needle sharp definition	65	$661	06/05/04
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$661	06/08/02
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$506	02/24/01
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$661	01/08/99
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$468	09/23/98
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$661	06/06/98
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$575	01/10/98
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$402	01/10/98
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$431	01/10/98
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$660	07/29/97
HA	1879 1C, RD	65	$495	10/04/95
Stacks Bowers	1879 Indian Cent. MS-63 RD (NGC). CAC. OH.	63	$312	04/11/22
Stacks Bowers	1879 Indian Cent. MS-63 RD (NGC). CAC. OH.	63	$360	12/17/20
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red NGC. CAC. NGC Census: (22/26). PCGS Population: (81/121). CDN: $550 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage	64	$690	11/30/21
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red NGC. NGC Census: (19/24). PCGS Population: (79/84). MS64. Mintage 16,231,200.	64	$408	03/19/19
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red NGC. NGC Census: (19/24). PCGS Population: (77/78). CDN: $175 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS64. M	64	$258	03/28/17
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red NGC. NGC Census: (19/25). PCGS Population (73/73). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem	64	$282	05/12/15
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red NGC. NGC Census: (38/48). PCGS Population (69/70). Mintage: 16,231,200. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS	64	$546	06/04/07
HA	1879 1C MS64 Red NGC. The color on both sides of this	64	$310	08/23/04
HA	1879 1C, RD	64	$220	09/23/98

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