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The Braided Hair Half Cent, 1849-1857

I bought my very first “Red Book” back in August of 1961. I remember reading the following statement about half cents in that book:

All half cents are scarce, but the series has never enjoyed the popularity of the other series, hence the more common dates are reasonably priced.

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