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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 813303, member: 6036&quot;]Always puzzling, isn&#039;t it ? I&#039;m a half cent fan, but we are definitely overshadowed by the Large Cent guys.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can&#039;t really say why, but half cents have always been less popular than Large Cents, even when they were in circulation back in the early 19th century ! These facts prove it :</p><ul> <li>Large Cent mintages are much higher because they were more in demand for actual commerce</li> <li>Large Cents have only one year with lapsed mintage (1815), and that was due to lack of planchets.</li> <li>Half Cents have lengthy lapses in mintage, and that was due to lack of demand. Why make more half cents if there are already unwanted bags sitting around in bank vaults ?</li> </ul><p>That explains why there are so many affordable high-grade half cents - they had much lower circulation than the large cents, so mint state bags languished in bank vaults.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That&#039;s good news for half cent collectors - high grade 1/2c are much, much cheaper than corresponding Large Cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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