Lot 40
1852 Braided Hair Half Cent
Sold October 23, 2025
- Price realized
- $48
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $75-125
Origin: United States
Denomination: One Cent
Year: 1852
Mint: Philadelphia
Grade: Estimated XF to AU
Metal: Copper
Additional Description: The 1852 Braided Hair Half Cent represents the quiet final years of a denomination that had once played a vital role in early American commerce. Designed by Chief Engraver James B. Longacre, the coin features a refined neoclassical portrait of Liberty, her hair braided and tied in a bun, surrounded by thirteen stars. By the early 1850s, however, the half cent had become increasingly obsolete, its purchasing power diminished and its practical use limited in a growing, industrializing economy. Struck at the Philadelphia Mint in relatively low numbers, the 1852 issue is part of a brief final phase before the denomination’s discontinuation in 1857.
Lot details
- Lot
- 40
- Closed
- October 23, 2025
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