Set report · United States · Half Cents & Cents
Classic Head Half Cent: Who Owns What
How often each Classic Head Half Cent coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 396 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Classic Head Half Cent catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1809 | 1,154,572 | 222 | 56.1% | Common |
| 1809 9 Over Inverted 9 (Variety) | — | 10 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1809 Small o Inside 0 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1810 | 215,000 | 135 | 34.1% | Uncommon |
| 1811 | — | 121 | 30.6% | Uncommon |
| 1811 Close Date (Variety) | — | 9 | 2.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1811 Reverse of 1802 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1825 | 63,000 | 141 | 35.6% | Uncommon |
| 1826 | 234,000 | 150 | 37.9% | Uncommon |
| 1828 | — | 187 | 47.2% | Common |
| 1828 12 Stars (Variety) | — | 14 | 3.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1829 | 487,000 | 142 | 35.9% | Uncommon |
| 1831 (Proof) | 2,200 | 12 | 3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1831 Restrike, Large Berries (Proof Variety) | — | 3 | 0.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1831 Restrike, Small Berries (Proof Variety) | — | 3 | 0.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1832 | 51,000 | 153 | 38.6% | Uncommon |
| 1833 | 103,000 | 139 | 35.1% | Uncommon |
| 1834 | 141,000 | 149 | 37.6% | Uncommon |
| 1835 | 398,000 | 190 | 48% | Common |
| 1836 (Proof) | — | 9 | 2.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1836 Restrike (Proof Variety) | — | 4 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.