Object Record / FI-COIN-001
1900 Indian Head cent
in hand / circulated brown copper-colored coin in stapled cardboard 2x2 holder / visible wear, marks, and discoloration / cleaning history, alteration, authenticity, and grade unverified / new accession / date and design family visually identified / controlled numismatic inspection pending
Narrative record
Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.
Provenance
Custody record
Logged 2026-08-15 / quantity 1 coin. 5 source asset references registered.
Identification notes
What is known
The operator supplied the intake label "WHEAT PENNY." Five photographs instead show a coin dated 1900 with the Indian Head obverse and the shield, wreath, and ONE CENT reverse; the holder is also handwritten "1900 Indian Cent." The United States Mint records the Indian Head design as appearing from 1859 through 1909, while the Wheat reverse belongs to Lincoln cents issued from 1909 through 1958. The original operator wording is preserved in the accession manifest, but the controlled object identity is therefore 1900 Indian Head cent. The coin remains in a stapled white cardboard 2x2 holder. Its visible surfaces show circulated wear, brown coloration, marks, and areas of discoloration. These photographs do not establish authenticity, exact composition, weight, diameter, edge condition, die variety, mint of manufacture, alteration, cleaning, environmental damage, or a numerical or adjectival grade. The holder's handwritten $20 is recorded only as a prior holder or asking-price annotation; it is not an appraisal, verified sale price, or current value. A separate handwritten "4x" notation is visible but remains uninterpreted. A read-only review of authenticated eBay purchase history on 2026-08-15 returned no matching order for searches "1900," "Indian," or "cent." Acquisition provenance therefore remains uncorroborated; this negative keyword result does not prove nonpurchase because generic live-auction titles may omit the physical object's identity. Do not clean, polish, dip, or otherwise alter the coin. Preserve it in the current holder until a controlled inspection can photograph both faces and the edge and record weight and diameter; if rehoused, use an inert archival coin holder and preserve the annotated original holder as associated evidence.
Restoration relevance
Why it remains connected
new accession / date and design family visually identified / controlled numismatic inspection pending. Disposition: archive / numismatic inspection pending. The object remains associated with L'Inventaire.
Uncertainty notes
What remains unresolved
in hand / circulated brown copper-colored coin in stapled cardboard 2x2 holder / visible wear, marks, and discoloration / cleaning history, alteration, authenticity, and grade unverified. new accession / date and design family visually identified / controlled numismatic inspection pending. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.
Relationships
Keep the object connected.
Related objects
Parent system
L'Inventaire
Public system dossier for the private operating register that witnesses physical units, locations, condition, work performed, photography, listings, dispositions, fulfillment, archive state, and attributable per-item result.
Associated dossier / FI-DSR-004 / active / local runtime / public doctrine
Archive routes
Source Assets / 5 references
Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.
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assets/archive/objects/fi-coin-001-1900-indian-head-cent/02-obverse-and-holder.jpgOpen local asset -
assets/archive/objects/fi-coin-001-1900-indian-head-cent/03-reverse-close.jpgOpen local asset -
assets/archive/objects/fi-coin-001-1900-indian-head-cent/04-reverse-overview.jpgOpen local asset -
assets/archive/objects/fi-coin-001-1900-indian-head-cent/05-obverse-close.jpgOpen local asset