Half cent

No Half Cents were issued in 1799. The Draped Bust design appeared from 1800 to 1808, but no Half Cents were struck in 1801. The rarest date of this design type is the 1802, all of which were struck on cut-down Large Cents.

Half cents were minted only sporadically after 1811. An order from Jonathan Elliott & Sons of Baltimore, Maryland was responsible for reestablishing production of the coin in 1825, but by the end of 1829, over 800, ...

Half Cents dated 1800 were the first to bear Scot's Draped Bust design. This amply proportioned Liberty was based on a drawing by the great artist Gilbert Stuart and portrayed a ranking Philadelphia society leader and beauty, Mrs. William Bingham.

The Half Cent Series and its varieties are covered by two books, the latest is Breen's ("B numbers") and earlier the standard reference was Cohen (C numbers). Also many key varieties are in Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins.

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1804 Half Cents were struck in 5 Varieties: -Plain 4, Stems at Wreath -Plain 4, No Stems at Wreat -Crosslet 4, Stems at Wreath -Crosslet 4, No Stems at Wreath - Spiked Chin ...

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Half cents were minted only sporadically after 1811. An order from the merchant Washington Cilley was responsible for reestablishing production of the coin in 1831, though that year's mintage was very small, about 2,200 pieces.

Half cents of the 19th century: No half cents were struck bearing the dates 1798 and 1799. In 1800 a new motif, the Draped Bust style, made its appearance and was continued through the year 1808. Particularly scarce is the 1802 half cent.

Half Cents - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark. Large Cents - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark. Flying Eagle Cents - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.

Half Cents : Liberty Cap, Head Facing Left (All are rare) 1793 Half Cents : Liberty Cap, Head Facing Right (Rare date: 1796) ...

Half cent Two-cent piece Three-cent piece (silver and nickel varieties) Half dime Twenty-cent piece Gold one dollar coin Two-and-one-half dollar coin or "quarter-eagle" Three-dollar coin Four-dollar coin or "Stella" (not circulated) ...

Half cent - a U. S. copper coin of that value, issued from 1793 to 1857 Half dime - a U. S. silver five-cent coin, issued from 1794 to 1873 Half eagle - a U. S. $5 gold coin, issued from 1795 to 1929 ...

half cent A U.S. coin with a face value of 1/200th of a dollar first minted in 1793 and last minted in 1857 half dime A U.S. coin with a face value of 5 cents issued with dates between 1794 and 1873; originally called a half disme ...

half cent A U.S. copper coin minted from 1793 through 1857 (1/200th of a dollar). half dime A U.S. silver coin minted from 1794 through 1873 (five cents).

Half Cent A coin produced in the United States from 1793-1857, having a face value of 1/200th dollar. Half Dime ...

Half cent The lowest-value coin denomination ever issued by the U. S., representing 1/200th of a dollar. Half cents were struck from 1793 until 1857. Half disme ...

half cent The lowest-value coin denomination ever issued by the United States, representing one-two hundredth of a dollar. Half cents were struck from 1793 until the series was discontinued in 1857.

The half cent was struck from 1793 to 1857. Its primary purpose was to allow American money based on tenths to be exchanged for Spanish and Mexican coins that were divided by eighths. The US quarter was equal to the Spanish 2 reales ("ray-ah-less").

The half cent had the longest run of these particular coins, from 1793 to 1857, though it skipped a number of years because of a lack of demand or a shortage of copper, including the years 1812 through 1824 and 1836 through 1848.

The half cent was the lowest value ever issued by the United States. Even in those days of low prices, a half-cent piece was considered a nuisance; its coinage declined and it was discontinued altogether in 1857.

The half cent restrike of 1811 and the large cent restrikes of 1823 and "1804" come from this batch. They deceived few collectors but turned a profit anyway.

Bronze half centenionalis, about uncirculated, 1.60g, 17.6mm, 0o, uncertain possibly unofficial mint, 355 - c. 361 A.D.

Liberty Cap Half Cent - Head Facing Right 1794-1797 Liberty Cap Half Cent - Head Facing Left 1793 Draped Bust Half Cents 1800-1808 ...

The Liberty Cap Half Cent where minted from 1794-1797, and during these times there where copper shortages. So, many of these coins where struck over a Talbot, Allum and Lee Token, because they where a cheaper acquisition of copper.

Although copper half cents and cents were coined as early as 1793, and silver coinage (half dollars and dollars) followed in 1794, it was not until 1795 that gold coins made their debut.

coppers Slang for half cents, large cents, and pre-Federal copper issues. copy Any reproduction, fraudulent or otherwise, of a coin.

Constantius II, AE Half Centenionalis, 348-350, Second Group, Antioch, Officina 7 D N CONSTAN_TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right FEL TEMP REPARATIO Phoenix, radiate, standing right on globe * in right field ANZ in exergue ...

half cents and large cents. Liberty Head The design used on most U.S. gold coins from 1838 until 1908. This design was first employed by Christian Gobrecht, with later modifications by Robert Ball Hughes and James Longacre.

The next year, the half cent was changed to this design. This head was also copied by William Kneass for the quarter eagle and half eagle designs first struck in 1834. cleaned A term applied to a coin whose original surface has been removed.

Die variety - Half Cents, 1793-1857. CC Carson City (Nevada). Mintmark, 1870-93, gold and silver coins only. CMM# (CMM1-CMM13?) Cohen, Munson, Munde number (1971). Die variety - Half Cents, 1793-1857. CSDG California Small Denomination Gold.

coppers - nick name for older copper coins, particularly the large cents, and half cents. copy - refers to a reproduction of a coin or paper note. Some copies may be illegal.

The obverse of the minor coins (the half centavo and one centavo, both coined in bronze, and the copper-nickel five centavos) featured the semi-nude figure of an adolescent native, seated at an anvil and holding a hammer in his right hand.

* Liberty Cap Left-Facing Half Cents 1793 Regular Strikes--Bent Cap, Bunch Leaves, may be worth as much as $125,000 MS-65 * Liberty Cap Right-Facing Half Cents 1794-1797 Regular Strikes--1797 Lettered Edge, may be worth $11,000 Very Fine ...

hairlines Light scratches in the surface of a coin half cent A U.S. coin with a face value of 1/200th of a dollar first minted in 1793 and last minted in 1857 half dime A U.S.

The horrid inflation of the following half century saw the coins debased to a fraction of their earlier values . In 294 AD, an attempt to stabilize the situation was made by Diocletian.

" Learned men in all parts of the world are ardent collectors, and the aristocratic classes of Europe prior to just this past half century probably held the record for the most scientific and far reaching pursuit of the possibilities of numismatic ...

Other than United States Large Cents and Half Cents, which are pure copper, all U.S. coins have been alloyed. Copper, at a 1-to-9 ratio, is the usual alloy for gold and silver. There are several reasons for not using metals in their pure state.

"There are some exceptions in the early years among half cents and large cents.

865, while the US half cent was still in use, or $4.87 thereafter. The dollar in pounds would be 4 shillings 1 1/4d (i.e. a penny and farthing -- sometimes called a "bicycle," after the 19th century bicycles that had one large and one small wheel).

By Marc Hudgeons (et al), the Blackbook covers every US Coin ever minted including colonial tokens, farthings, half cents, and gold pieces. All types evaluated, graded, and priced.

Walter Breen (September 5, 1930(or 1928?) - April 28, 1993) was a numismatist best known in coin collecting circles for writing Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins and U. S. Half Cents Encyclopedia.

The Colonial Coin Collector's Club "C4" is another organization to check into. Many collectors of EAC are also members of C4. This is because of the similar nature and charm of pre-federal coppers and the half cents and cents manufactured at the ...

of the gold and silver coins, there shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with the inscription of United States of American, and a designation of the value of the coin; but on the reverse of the dime and half dime, cent and half cent, ...

the Persian empire shortly after Alexander's death; for, from the edicts of Asoka (circ. B.C. 250), we know that there were Ionian Greeks (Yonas = Ιωνες) among the rulers of Northern India during the previous half century ...

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