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No cent coins were stamped with the year 1815. Shipments of copper planchets from the United Kingdom were embargoed during the War of 1812, and the Mint's supply was exhausted in October 1814. Cent coins resumed minting in December 1815, though it is not clear whether these were stamped 1814 or 1816. [10] [11]
First struck in 1793, the large cent was minted every year from 1793 to 1857, except 1815. When the United States declared war in 1812 against Great Britain, coinage was affected. The wartime embargo against shipments made it so the mint could not get any new copper planchets, which were imported from Great Britain, to strike coins.
Indonesia demonetized its 10-rupiah coins on November 15, 1996 and 25 rupiah coins on August 31, 2010; it had also stopped producing 50 rupiah coins since 2003. Mexico's new peso transition in 1993 made the five-centavo coin the smallest denomination of the new currency. In 2009, new coins were minted only for the 10, 20 and 50 centavo ...
Whereas the U.S. replaced almost all copper content in the penny with zinc in 1982 (nickels today contain more copper than pennies), up in Canada they kept on minting pennies that were 98% pure ...
1943 Copper Penny. Coming in at No. 2 on the Coin Trackers list, ... This penny is another happy accident, since the pennies minted that year were supposed to be steel or war pennies, and copper ...
Examples of low mintage years include, but are not limited to, 1931, 1933, 1939 and 1955. ... pennies were made of steel to save copper for the war effort. However, a few were mistakenly made of ...
1837 – No half cents were struck by the United States government; however, due to the need for small change, half-cent tokens were produced by private businessmen. Braided Hair. 1840 through 1849 were proof-only issues. There were restrikes made. 1849 – 39,864; 1850 – 39,812; 1851 – 147,672; 1852 – proof only. Restrikes were made ...
Although Pollock reported hoarding of cents in his June 1864 report, he did not thereafter mention such activities. Silver coins still did not circulate in much of the nation, and the new coins (joined by the three- and five-cent pieces of copper-nickel, first struck in 1865 and 1866 respectively) answered the need for small change. [36]