Prices rose too, and by the 1850s few goods were priced in half-cent increments. In 1857, the coin was finally discontinued .

Up until 1857, the one cent piece was a copper coin nearly the size of a half-dollar ... Now, he's the owner of Antique Galleries of Palm Springs. His antiques column appears Sundays in The ...

it's worth noting that the Silver Eagle is a gorgeous coin. Its front image featuring the Goddess of Liberty was purloined ...

Midwest Gold and Silver has a copper half-penny from 1795 worth more than $12-hundred! “They used half-cents and large cents up until the 1850’s. But just like they’re obsoleting pennies ...

The halfppenny (1/2d), pronounced as ha'penny, was successfully introduced under Edward I as part of the new coinage. Before the issue was introduced traders produced half pennies by cutting ...

A rare coin expert says you could 'retire today' if you found an old half-penny. Half-pennies have been around since the time of Edward I, who was king of England from 1272 to 1307. The half-penny ...

"I went this year to the Flat Rock Speedway antique show ... Photos courtesy Bob Brownson "This was a penny postcard, and penny of postcards got the last amount of attention by the post ...