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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1229806, member: 6036&quot;]They weren&#039;t particularly popular. There are several important clues suggesting limited popularity :</p><ul> <li>low mintages compared to large cents</li> <li>several significant periods with zero mintage</li> <li>numerous dates of hoard coins (suggesting quantities were sitting around in vaults unused and unwanted - 1830s and beyond)</li> <li>poor planchets in the early days, suggesting 1/2c were viewed as &quot;second class citizens&quot; relative to large cents</li> </ul><p>The fourth point is instructive. Consider how many half cents were made on &quot;spoiled cent&quot; planchets, rolled down and cut to size. Further, many half cents were made on Talbot, Alum and Lee tokens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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