1 Cent "Capped Bust - Classic Head Cent" · “Capped Bust - Classic Head Cent”

The Classic Head Large Cent (1808–1814)

In December 1814, the Mint scraped together its last copper and struck cents to pay its own workers. Then the supply ran dry. That is why, in the whole run of American one-cent pieces, there is no coin dated 1815 — and why this short, scarce series sits at the seam between the early Mint and the country that came after the war.