1888/7 Indian Head Penny (overdate) Value

1888/7 Indian Head Cent (overdate)

Variety

A rare overdate variety.

1888/7 Indian Head Penny (overdate): front (type example, 1860 Indian Head cent) — Type example: 1860 Indian Head cent and 1860 wreath and shield reverse. Your coin's date and mint mark may differ. This example is copper-nickel (pale); bronze Indian Head pennies, made from 1864, look coppery.
Photo credits
National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History (photo: Jaclyn Nash) (PD; front, back)

1888/7 Indian Head Penny (overdate): back (type example, 1860 wreath and shield reverse) — Type example: 1860 Indian Head cent and 1860 wreath and shield reverse. Your coin's date and mint mark may differ. This example is copper-nickel (pale); bronze Indian Head pennies, made from 1864, look coppery.
Photo credits
National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History (photo: Jaclyn Nash) (PD; front, back)

Value by condition

Penny Value estimate · values as of Q4 2026

Worn (Good to Very Fine)

$3,800 – $4,500

G-4 – VF-20

Uncirculated (MS-60)

$33,000

Brown

By grade

Typical value at each grade and colour. Penny Value estimate.
Grade	Brown	Red-Brown	Red
G-4Good	$3,800	—	—
VG-8Very Good	$4,500	—	—
F-12Fine	$4,500	—	—
VF-20Very Fine	$4,500	—	—
XF-40Extremely Fine	$18,000	—	—
AU-50About Uncirculated	$22,000	—	—
MS-60Mint State (Uncirculated)	$33,000	$35,000	—
MS-63Mint State (Uncirculated)	$45,000	$48,000	$100,000
MS-65Mint State (Uncirculated)	$140,000	$150,000	$320,000

Values as of Q4 2026 · Penny Value estimate · based on 2 recorded sales · few sales, so treat it as a rough guide

Penny Value estimate, 2026-Q4, from public sale records, mintage and survival data. It isn't a price guide or an offer.

How Penny Value estimates values

Check your own penny

Take a photo of each side. Penny Value reads the date and the mint mark, tells you if it could be a 1888/7 (overdate) and what to check.

Check your own penny

Penny Value is an Android app for now, so it isn't on the App Store. The values and checks on this page are free to use.Penny Value is an Android app. Open this page on your Android phone to check your own penny with a photo.

How to identify it

The last 8 shows clear traces of a 7 underneath

What to check

What a genuine 1888/7 (overdate) shows:

1888/7 overdate: YesInside or around the last 8 of the date, is there a remnant of a 7?

To check yours, photograph

Date close-up

Fakes and look-alikes

Die damage near the date is sometimes mistaken for the overdate.

Specs

Series: Indian Head Cent (bronze)
Year: 1888
Mint: Philadelphia (no mint mark)
Mint mark: On the back, below the wreath
Metal: Bronze (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc)
Weight: 3.11 g
Mintage: Included in the 37,489,832 1888 total; not counted separately.
Source: Wikipedia
Variety number: FS-301
Designer: James B. Longacre

Other varieties of this date

1888
Philadelphia · Included in the 37,489,832 1888 total; not counted separately.
$6.00worn
$180MS-60

Other 1888 pennies

1888 Proof
Philadelphia · Proof · 4,582 made
Proof
$200proof

1888 penny values · Every Indian Head Cent (bronze) · Penny value chart