Indian Cent feather tip changes

tjkillian

I would like to know when the Indian Cent had changes to the feather tips. Here's what I think, PLEASE correct:

1859-1864 Including Bronze
1865-1876ish
1877ish-1885ish
1886-1892
1893-1908
1909

I would like to know the years where she had very pronounced feather tips and when she did not so I can cherrypick well-struck ones, but not pass on ones that were never well-struck.

Tom

tjkillian

Any help anyone?

Lakesammman

Not sure what the question is....try again.

shylock

TJ - interesting breakdown, and I'm curious what changes you see in some of those eras. Besides the obvious 1886 change the only actual design change I'm aware of is the 1864 w/L. The regular bronze issue of that year had the same "tight" feather formation as the copper-nickels before it. The w/L -- and all dates that follow -- has a more natural looking overlapping formation:

pre-1864 w/L compared to post-1864 w/L


It's possible the feathertips may look different in certain eras due to striking weakness, but if you've noticed actual design changes I'd like to know what they are. I find the early 1880s dates to have the crispest strikes in that area.