Indian Head cent
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The Indian Head cent is a U.S. one-cent coin minted from 1859 to 1909, notable for its Liberty portrait wearing a Native American headdress and its widespread use in late 19th-century America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian Head cent canonical | 1 |
| Indian Head cent design | 1 |
| Indian Head gold dollar design | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7485051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indian Head cent Context triple: [Lincoln cent, replaced, Indian Head cent]
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A.
Barber dime
The Barber dime is a U.S. ten-cent coin designed by Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber and minted from 1892 to 1916, notable for its classical Liberty head obverse and heraldic eagle reverse.
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B.
Liberty Head (Type 1)
Liberty Head (Type 1) is the classic 19th-century U.S. gold coin portrait featuring Lady Liberty’s head, used on the earliest gold dollar issues.
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C.
Seated Liberty dollar
The Seated Liberty dollar is a 19th-century United States silver dollar featuring Liberty seated on a rock, minted from the late 1830s to 1873 and prized today by numismatists.
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D.
Liberty Head nickel
The Liberty Head nickel is a U.S. five-cent coin minted from 1883 to 1913, featuring a classical depiction of Lady Liberty on the obverse.
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E.
Peace dollar
The Peace dollar is a U.S. silver dollar coin minted from 1921 to 1935, celebrated for its depiction of Lady Liberty and its commemoration of the end of World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indian Head cent Target entity description: The Indian Head cent is a U.S. one-cent coin minted from 1859 to 1909, notable for its Liberty portrait wearing a Native American headdress and its widespread use in late 19th-century America.
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A.
Barber dime
The Barber dime is a U.S. ten-cent coin designed by Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber and minted from 1892 to 1916, notable for its classical Liberty head obverse and heraldic eagle reverse.
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B.
Liberty Head (Type 1)
Liberty Head (Type 1) is the classic 19th-century U.S. gold coin portrait featuring Lady Liberty’s head, used on the earliest gold dollar issues.
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C.
Seated Liberty dollar
The Seated Liberty dollar is a 19th-century United States silver dollar featuring Liberty seated on a rock, minted from the late 1830s to 1873 and prized today by numismatists.
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D.
Liberty Head nickel
The Liberty Head nickel is a U.S. five-cent coin minted from 1883 to 1913, featuring a classical depiction of Lady Liberty on the obverse.
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E.
Peace dollar
The Peace dollar is a U.S. silver dollar coin minted from 1921 to 1935, celebrated for its depiction of Lady Liberty and its commemoration of the end of World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States one-cent coin
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circulating coin ⓘ |
| category |
United States coinage
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numismatics ⓘ |
| coinOrientation | coin alignment ⓘ |
| collectibleStatus | popular with coin collectors ⓘ |
| composition |
bronze (1864–1909)
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copper-nickel (1859–1864) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| denomination | one cent ⓘ |
| designer | James Barton Longacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designTheme | allegorical Liberty with Native American motif ⓘ |
| diameter | 19.05 millimeters ⓘ |
| edge | plain ⓘ |
| faceValueMaintained | yes ⓘ |
| historicalEra | late 19th century United States ⓘ |
| introducedBy | United States Mint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass |
3.11 grams (1864–1909)
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4.67 grams (1859–1864) ⓘ |
| metalContentChangeYear | 1864 ⓘ |
| mintageType |
business strike
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proof strike ⓘ |
| mintedFromYear | 1859 ⓘ |
| mintedToYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| notableVariety |
1869 9 over 9 variety
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1888/7 overdate variety ⓘ |
| notableYear | 1877 key date ⓘ |
| obverseDesign | Liberty wearing a Native American headdress ⓘ |
| obverseDesigner | James Barton Longacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| obverseDesignSubject | Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| obverseDesignSymbol | Native American feathered headdress ⓘ |
| obverseInscription | date ⓘ |
| obverseLegend | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Flying Eagle cent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMintLocation | Philadelphia Mint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Lincoln cent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedLargeCent | no ⓘ |
| reverseDesign |
laurel wreath (1859)
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oak wreath with shield (1860–1909) ⓘ |
| reverseDesignElement |
ONE CENT denomination inscription
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United States of America legend ⓘ |
| reverseDesigner | James Barton Longacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reverseInscription | ONE CENT ⓘ |
| shape | round ⓘ |
| standardCirculation | yes ⓘ |
| standardReference | Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday commerce ⓘ |
| value | 0.01 United States dollar ⓘ |
| yearsOfMinting | 1859–1909 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Indian Head cent Description of subject: The Indian Head cent is a U.S. one-cent coin minted from 1859 to 1909, notable for its Liberty portrait wearing a Native American headdress and its widespread use in late 19th-century America.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Indian Head cent design
this entity surface form:
Indian Head gold dollar design