This earliest half dimes have been the subject of more than two centuries of rumors, innuendo, and conjecture.

The Coinage Act of 1792 established not only a United States Mint and a number of key positions there, but it also created the standard unit of money as the United States Dollar.

The 1796 half cent is one of America's “trophy” rarities, a classic. For this coinage, two obverse dies were prepared.

Donald Partrick's set of U.S. half cents has not received the accolades it deserved. Indeed, with the assistance of Jon Hanson, Partrick assembled one of the five best sets of half cents to have been auctioned during the last half century.

On April 23, at the Heritage headquarters near the Dallas Fort Worth airport (DFW), the fifth auction session of coins and patterns from the Bob Simpson Collection was conducted. The not yet revealed story regarding the Simpson V session is that Proof 19th century dimes, half dimes, and Three Cent Silvers fared surprisingly well and that increases in prices for these have been largely unnoticed in the coin community.

David Lawrence Rare Coins of Virginia Beach has purchased one of the most impressive sets of Proof Half Cents and Large Cents ever assembled.

Built over more than half a century, the E Pluribus Unum Collection is replete with coins and medals of superb rarity and quality, many with pedigrees dating as far back as the 19th century.

Draped Bust half cents were minted from 1800 to 1808. These have received less attention than Draped Bust large cents and multiple silver denominations with a Draped Bust motif. A set of Draped Bust half cents could be a realistic objective for most collectors of 19th century U.S. coins.

Heritage Auctions will be offering one very special Half Cent in particular in the June Long Beach Auction: a 1793 Half Cent graded PCGS MS64 Brown.

According to NGC Chairman, Mark Salzberg, “In my 40 years as a professional numismatist, I have had the opportunity to examine several sealed bags of 1964 cents and nickels, but I had never seen a bag of 1964 Kennedy Half Dollars before this one. This bag is truly a miracle of survival.”

Online auction firm to over single-owner collection 750+ PCGS/NGC-Certified Coins with examples from half cents to $10 gold pieces.

It was in early 1793 that the nation's first federally authorized coins intended for widespread circulation were struck. The entire production of official United States Mint coinage in 1793 was composed of copper coins, including the half cent and large-cent coins.

There are few United States' coin series that can rival the fervent and dedicated following of Capped Bust half dollars. With the exception of large cents, no other series is as popular to collect, study, and attribute by die variety as the Capped Bust half. In this article we will look at ways to collect this very interesting series.

In the October 10, 1997 CDN Monthly Supplement I wrote an article entitled “Why Collect Proof Half Cents? The Numbers May Surprise You.” Since then a number of major collections containing date and/or variety runs of Proof Half Cents have been sold at auction.

This edition of the Quarterly I publication is the first of the calendar year and represents our fully-updated layout for this publication. Beyond cosmetics, however, we have continued our intensive pricing review of the series represented in the Quarterlies.