½ Cent "Classic Head Half Cent" · “Classic Head Half Cent”

The Classic Head Half Cent: the coin a war nearly erased

Between 1812 and 1824, the United States Mint made no half cents at all. A war had cut off its copper. When the little coin came back, it returned as one of the most start-stop series in American money — and left behind a handful of dates collectors have chased for over a century.