1 Ounce Copper Coin Indian Head

1 Ounce Copper Coin Indian Head: Native American portrait and buffalo in fine copper relief

• Native American and buffalo: An expressive design with many three-dimensional details.
• Weight and fineness: Copper pure to within one thousandth (999/1,000), weighing one ounce.
• Condition: New, with a diameter of 39 mm, in bank quality.
• Origin: A copper medal from the USA, struck without a face value.
• Series: The copper round belongs to the Native American series.

The Indian Head copper round takes up an iconic design of the United States: a Native American head with a magnificent feather headdress and a powerful buffalo. Both are finely worked in one ounce of fine copper and show how much expression a copper strike can hold. For collectors looking for designs with character, this piece is an obvious choice.

Feather headdress and buffalo in detail

The Native American wears a headdress of several feathers, worked out in detail and in high relief. The buffalo, too, is depicted with great care: its muscles and the texture of its coat are clearly visible. Added to this is the word LIBERTY in a clear serif typeface.

Surface, relief and condition

The surface gleams in the characteristic colour of copper. For beginners, the piece is well suited to practising the close examination of struck pieces: you can trace the feathers with your fingertips, and light falling at an angle picks out the buffalo's coat. With such a detailed design, a second, closer look is worthwhile. Under a magnifying glass, further details of the headdress and the coat come to light.

Bank quality here means that individual pieces may show small marks from striking and handling, without detracting from the impression the design makes.

A design based on an American model

The model for the Native American head and the buffalo comes from the US Mint. Together they form a design regarded as typical of the USA and closely linked with the image of the American West. In the United States, such pieces are traded as a copper round or copper medal. They carry no face value and are therefore not coins of a state, but medals that translate the design into copper.

A building block for your own collection

If you like collecting designs connected with American history, the Indian Head lets you start a series of your own or complement an existing one. With its feather headdress and buffalo, the copper round brings two themes at once, and as part of the Native American series it has a firm place in a thematic collection on this subject. It is precisely the combination of person and animal that makes the Indian Head a design people enjoy talking about, whether with other collectors or with the family.

Reasons for the Indian Head copper round

1. Two well-known symbols of the USA in a single design.
2. A design with a historical model from the US Mint.
3. Fine copper at 999/1,000 shows the colour and lustre of the metal.
4. The richly detailed relief invites you to look closely and to touch.

A few feathers and a buffalo are all it takes, and the American West is right there in the room.

At Kettner Edelmetalle you can order the Indian Head in copper for your collection.