half cent
Smallest American coin
A half cent is a coin worth half of one cent, or one two-hundredth of a dollar.
The United States minted half cents from 1793 to 1857, when inflation had rendered such small denominations impractical.
Today the term appears mainly in numismatic contexts: I found a half cent from 1804 at the coin show.
One-cent piece
- small changeLow-denomination currency
- denominationNamed religious group
- monetaryOf or about currency
- circulationMovement through a system
legal tender · coinage · exchange · purchasing power · inflation · devaluation · commerce · transaction
Before a war's start
- discontinuedNo longer available
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- defunctNo longer existing
archaic · antiquated · forgotten · extinct · bygone · heritage · historic · period
Uncommon occurrence
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- heirloomInherited family treasure
keepsake · treasure · preservation · limited · exclusive · memorabilia · ephemera · appraisal
penny
One-cent piece
- small changeLow-denomination currency
- denominationNamed religious group
- monetaryOf or about currency
circulation · legal tender · coinage · exchange · purchasing power · inflation · devaluation · commerce · transaction · spending
antebellum
Before a war's start
- discontinuedNo longer available
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
defunct · archaic · antiquated · forgotten · extinct · bygone · heritage · historic · period · early American
rarity
Uncommon occurrence
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
heirloom · keepsake · treasure · preservation · limited · exclusive · memorabilia · ephemera · appraisal · condition
copper
Reddish-brown metallic element
- denominationNamed religious group
- fractionalDescribing incomplete portions
- mintAromatic culinary herb
minting · obverse · reverse · mintmark · die · engraving · grading · specimen · variety · error
half centdollar
Basic U.S. currency unit
million dollars · fortune · wealth · hundred dollars · hundred dollar bill
half, cent, halve, halved, halves, halving, halfway, halfback, halftime