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Half Cent
Dies by: Edward Hulseman (American, active 1833–1841)
Struck by: H.M. & E.I. Richards, Attleboro, Massachusetts (1834–1837)
Or: Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut (1820–1905)
Struck by: H.M. & E.I. Richards, Attleboro, Massachusetts (1834–1837)
Or: Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut (1820–1905)
Hard Times (1833–1844)
1837
Mint: United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 24 mm, 5.2 gm (15/16 in., 0.18 oz.)
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1174
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
HT 73; Low 49; Breen 1631
DescriptionOBV: HALF-CENT-WORTH-OF within laurel wreath; PURE COPPER around below; thirteen mullets around above etc; surrounded by beaded circle close to rim REV: US STANDARD WEIGHT and VALUE -1837 around eagle alighting, turning slightly to right, looking backwards; bearing on breast, six argent , six pales gules, chief azure, and grasping olive branch in dexter and three arrows in sinister talons; surrounded by beaded circle close to rim. Edge plain.
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.