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Braided Hair Half Cent Mintage by Year · LuckyCoin
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Braided Hair Half Cent Mintage by Year

Complete mintage data for the United States Braided Hair Half Cent series, 1849–1857. A total of 544,510 coins were struck across all years, mintmarks, and strike types, peaking in 1851 with 147,672 coins.

Braided Hair Half Cent Total Mintage by Year

Peak 148K
037K74K111K148K1849: 39,864 coins40K18491850: 39,812 coins40K18501851: 147,672 coins148K18511853: 129,694 coins130K18531854: 55,358 coins55K18541855: 56,500 coins57K18551856: 40,430 coins40K18561857: 35,180 coins35K1857

Combined mintage per year across every strike type and all mintmarks.

Full Mintage Table

Every variant in the series, sorted by year. Each row is one unique coin (year + mintmark + strike type combination).

YearMintmarkMint FacilityStrike TypeMintage
1849—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike39,864
1850—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike39,812
1851—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike147,672
1853—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike129,694
1854—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike55,358
1855—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike56,500
1856—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike40,430
1857—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBusiness strike35,180
Total544,510

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