Diameter: 23.00 mm
Mintage/Proof: 35180 / 220
Weight: 5.44 grams
Metal: Copper
Value by Condition
| Grade | Value |
|---|---|
| Worst | $20 |
| Heavy Circ | $45 |
| Average | $75 |
| Light Circ | $100 |
| Uncirc | $200 |
Stack’s Bowers Auction Record — Sold For: $4,994.00 (record)
History, Information, and Value of 1857 Braided Hair Half Cent
Value of 1857 C-1 Braided Hair Half Cent
W-1 | C-1 (Proof, SO-3 for W-1a, SR-14 for W-1b), B-1 | Breen dies: 1-A. | The final year of half cents! Only five to seven Proof examples of 1857 Braided Hair Half Cent, W-1 are known but the sizable population of circulation strikes—some 1,600 to 3,200 pieces—is a boon to today’s collectors. Numerous Mint State coins exist and are often found with soft mint orange highlights.
Value of 1857 C-1b Braided Hair Half Cent
W-2 | C-1b, B-2 | Breen dies: 1-B. | Reverse with First Restrike die, doubling at NT in CENT. Proofs of this variety are numerous in today’s marketplace with perhaps 120 to 150 or so pieces known of the 1857 Braided Hair Half Cent, W-2. Circulation strikes from this die pair exist though only 50 to 80 or so pieces can be identified.
The obverse text of the Braided Hair Half Cent reads “Liberty, 1857.” The reverse of the coins read “United States of America, Half Cent.”