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Braided Hair Half Cent (half penny)
United States of America coinage
US Dollar ($)=100 cents
1/2 cent = 0.005 $US
Braided Hair Half Cent
Minted: 1840-1857
KM#70
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Metal: copper
Diameter: 23.5 mm.
Weight: 5.44 g.
Edge: plain
Reverse: value within wreath
Reverse legend: HALF CENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Obverse: head facing left, within circle of 13 stars
Obverse legend: date
Mintage:
| 1840 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1841 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1842 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1843 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1844 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1845 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1846 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1847 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1848 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1849 | 39,864 | |
| 1850 | 39,812 | |
| 1851 | 147,672 | |
| 1852 | PROOF only, mintage unknown | |
| 1853 | 129,694 | |
| 1854 | 55,358 | |
| 1855 | 56,500 | |
| 1856 | 40,430 | |
| 1857 | 35,180 |