Braided Hair Half Cent

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Obverse of 1851 Half Cent - Cohen 1 Reverse of 1851 Half Cent - Cohen 1

BRAIDED HAIR HALF CENTS (1840-1857)

Designer: Christian Gobrecht

Diameter: 23 millimeters

Metal content:
Copper - 100%

Weight: 84 grains (5.44 grams)

Edge: Plain

Mintmarks: None (all dates of this type were struck at Philadelphia)

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"American Half Cents" by Roger S. Cohen, Jr.

"Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793-1857" by Walter Breen

Images courtesy of Bill Eckberg

Years of issue:
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857

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