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BRAIDED HAIR HALF CENTS (1840-1857)
13 Stars ®
FACTS:
Few Americans living away from the Atlantic seaboard, however, actually handled many of these "Little Half Sisters," as copper coinage student Dr. Warren A. Lapp once nicknamed the denomination.
Although half cents were issued for more than 60 years, they remained America's unwanted coins. They proved to be of little use, circulated grudgingly if at all, and were often kept in dead storage at the Mint waiting for infrequent orders from the infant nation's banks. Production-sometimes for several years-was often interrupted by shortages of copper and lack of demand.
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SPECIFICATIONS:
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: 23 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 100%
Weight: 84 grains (5.44 grams)
Edge: Plain
Mintmarks: None (all dates of this type were struck at Philadelphia)
Date/Mint Mark
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Mintage
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Grade
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Value
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1840-1849 (1852) where struck as original and as restrikes proofs, and these dates are very rare, and worth thousands when found.
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1849 Large date
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39,864
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G4
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$50
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1850
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39,812
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G4
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$45
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1851
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147,672
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G4
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$45
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1853
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129,694
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G4
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$55
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1854
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55,358
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G4
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$55
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1855
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56,500
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G4
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$55
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1856
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40,230
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G4
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$55
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1857
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35,180
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G4
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$60
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The listed values are for the grade AG3, except the proofs, because Half Cents are commonly found in this condition. Coins that are damaged, scratched or cleaned in any way will be less then values listed in price guides. Also, the below values are just examples of what the date has sold for, and not what a dealer would pay for the same date, mint or grade.