Some Obscurish facts
#17
1859 The Indian-head penny was minted in the U.S., but there was no Indian on it. According to the curator of the mint, the mint's engraver, James B. Longacre, modeled a bust of Liberty wearing a feather bonnet for the 1? piece. From the beginning, people mistook the Liberty head for an Indian head, and the misnamed Indian-head penny was born.
1859 The Indian-head penny was minted in the U.S., but there was no Indian on it. According to the curator of the mint, the mint's engraver, James B. Longacre, modeled a bust of Liberty wearing a feather bonnet for the 1? piece. From the beginning, people mistook the Liberty head for an Indian head, and the misnamed Indian-head penny was born.