Back when the Congress of a young United States got down to authorizing a coinage system and a Mint, the smallest of the small was the humble half cent. By our standards today, it was actually a pretty hefty coin, having a diameter close to that of our modern quarter. It had a decent run, from the 1790’s up to the 1850’s, but it is often overlooked or forgotten by collectors today. Still, the series can be a fascinating one. We can cut it up into several easy-to-understand pieces, which can also be useful when we determine just how much assembling such a collection could cost us.
Liberty Cap Left – Just 1793
As with plenty of series of United States coins, as well as those from other nations, the easiest collection to assemble is a type set – just one coin of each design. Where this nice and comfortable idea falls flat on
