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The 1876 penny was recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Kaw Mission. The penny, sometimes called an Indian Head cent or Indian Head penny shows Liberty with a head dress on the obverse side. The reverse side shows an oak wreath and shield surrounding the words "ONE CENT." The Mission was built over the winter of 1850 - 1851 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South as a school for boys in the Kaw (or Kansa) tribe. The site was acquired by the state of Kansas in 1951 and it was listed in 1971 to the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1876
Item Number: 450965
Call Number: 14MO368-825-20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 450965
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1870s - 1876
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Personal Gear - Coin
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Historic sites - Kaw Mission
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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