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- Half cents were minted from 1793 to 1857. They had a face value of $0.005 (0.5 cent), the smallest US coin denomination, and a composition of 100 percent copper.
www.coins-auctioned.com/learn/us-coins-and-currency/early-american-copper-coinsEarly American Copper Coins: The Birth of a Nation's Currency
Feb 2, 2024 · Plenty of nations issue a small copper piece that is one one-hundredth of their unit coin, but the now-defunct West German 1-pfennig pieces, a hundredth of the West German mark, seem to be an entry in this category that is especially small.
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Jun 4, 2015 · The smallest modern coin circulation in south America is the Uruguay 1 peso coin in 1989. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14535.html It has the diameter of 12mm and weight of 0.9 gram.
Seven distinct types of coin composition have been used over the past 200 years: three base coin alloys, two silver alloys, gold, and in recent years, platinum and palladium. The base metal coins were generally alloys of copper (for 2 cent coins and lower), and copper/ nickel (for 3 and 5 cent coins).
Feb 3, 2024 · They had a face value of $0.005 (0.5 cent), the smallest US coin denomination, and a composition of 100 percent copper. The coins were 2 mm thick with varied diameters: 22 mm in 1793, 23.5 mm from 1794 to 1836, and 23 mm from 1840 to 1857.
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Half cents are the lowest face value coin in US Mint history. They began production in 1793 and ended in 1857. They were only minted in some years and in very low quantities. The small copper coins were never greatly popular and most of them were held in storage at the mint long after production.
Sep 21, 2010 · Consider a rectangular 18th century copper coin with a face value of 10 dollars, or in this case dalers... which contained its face value worth of copper. These things came in various denominations dropping as low as a half daler, which is still an awfully large chunk of copper.
