VSI COLLECTION - America’s Coins through the Years/History in your hands.

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: HALF CENTS - CORONET, BRAIDED HAIR
Item Description: 1/2C 1849 C-1
Full Grade: NGC XF 45 BN
Owner: VSI Collection

Set Details

Custom Sets: VSI COLLECTION - America’s Coins through the Years/History in your hands.
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VSI COLLECTION - Half Cents,1793-1857,Circulated Coins Only   Score: 653
VSI COLLECTION - Half Cents,1793-1857,Complete Cohen Variety Set   Score: 653
VSI COLLECTION - Half Cents,1793-1857,One-Per-Date   Score: 653
VSI COLLECTION - Braided Hair Half Cents, 1849-1857,Circulation Issue   Score: 653
VSI COLLECTION - 19th Century Series Type Set,Circulated Coins Only   Score: 429
VSI COLLECTION - 19th Century Series Type Set,Circulated Coins Only (No Gold)   Score: 429
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Braided Hair Half Cents (1840-1857)

Owner Comments:

1849 is associated with the California gold rush at Sutter’s Mill when gold was discovered.The resulting influx of people looking to strike it rich vastly and suddenly increased the population of the State.Not all people became rich from mining while others who set up merchant stores to provide these miners with the goods needed to mine did make a fortune in selling goods to them.Compared to the gold that was mined here and eventually was minted into gold coins the 1849 1/2 Cent Large Date coin I have listed here in my collection might not compare but it was just as important in making change for transactions at the mining camps that sprange up in California.

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