Obsolete US coinage that circulated in commerce
Half Cent The half cent was authorized as US coinage in 1792 with the first coins showing a date of 1793, production ended in 1857.

Owner Comments:

During the 64 years the half cent was coined, there were four major design changes, and a few minor changes especially during the first few years of production. Most the design changes mirrored the changes in other denominations, like large cents. Also there were no half cents produced in 1837, 1838, and 1839, to fill that void tokens were privately minted by businesses and some restrikes of coins with the date 1836 were also produced.

This example is dated 1834, only 141,000 half cents were produced that year, not the lowest mintage in the series, but still a somewhat low production number.