When a Cent Looked Like a Half Penny
1816

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: CENTS - CORONET
Item Description: 1C 1816
Full Grade: PCGS MS 63 BN
Owner: JTO

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: John's One Large   Score: 1707
When a Cent Looked Like a Half Penny   Score: 1707
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Coronet Head Cents (1816-1839)

Owner Comments:

A first year issue and 100 years before the "great crime of artistic coinage change in 1916. That "crime" brought us the Mercury 10c, Liberty Standing 25c, Liberty Walking 50c (Walker Half).

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