1793 Half Cent
Oct 29, 2021
2 minutes
The 1793 half cent has an important place in U.S. history as the first half cent and one of the very few issues to carry the historic 1793 date, which was the first year of production at the United States Mint.
How the 1793 half cent came to be produced in that first year is an interesting question. We assume that officials planned to produce half cents
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