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Now that the penny coin has been discontinued here in the Unites States, it got me thinking about the oldest coin that I have. I finally found it and here it is.
Back then they had half cents. This coin is 197 years old now. I wonder what you could buy for a half cent back then?
I wonder If The Discourse around penny minting mirrors old timey discourse from when they eliminated the half penny
Until 1857, the United States produced and minted "half-cent" coins, the lowest value coin minted ever in the US.
That half cent in 1857 would be worth about 17 cents today.
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When the United States discontinued the half-cent coin in 1857, it had the purchasing power of 11 cents in today's dollars.
BRAIDED HAIR HALF CENT(1850)VF
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CLASSIC HEAD HALF CENT(1835)EF
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CLASSIC HEAD HALF CENT(1834)AU
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CLASSIC HEAD HALF CENT(1833)VF
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