1834 United States Cent Value
Today a 1834 United States Cent typically sells for its melt value to well into four figures, with condition doing most of the work. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.
1834 United States Cent value by grade
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Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.
What is the 1834 United States Cent selling for today?
The market for the 1834 United States Cent is driven by condition above all.
1834 United States Cent specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1834
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Copper
No mint mark? Here is why
The 1834 United States Cent comes from Philadelphia, which struck coins without a mint mark. If the spot where branch-mint coins show a letter is empty on your 1834, that is exactly as it should be.
What makes the 1834 United States Cent valuable
Documented examples of the 1834 United States Cent in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.
There is history in a 1834 United States Coinage as well. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. That backdrop keeps the series among the most actively collected in American numismatics.
1834 United States Cent inscriptions & design
Obverse
************* 1834
Liberty Coronet Head, l.
Reverse
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ONE CENT
wreath
Measured 1834 United States Cent specimens
12 physically measured 1834 United States Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 United States Cent #1 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.1, Breen.1856 |
| 1834 United States Cent #2 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.1.5, Breen.1856 |
| 1834 United States Cent #3 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.1.5, Breen.1856 |
| 1834 United States Cent #4 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.2, Breen.1856 |
| 1834 United States Cent #5 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.2.5, Breen.1856 |
| 1834 United States Cent #6 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.2.5, Breen.1856 |
| 1834 United States Cent #7 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.3, Breen.1857 |
| 1834 United States Cent #8 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.3.5, Breen.1857 |
| 1834 United States Cent #9 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.4, Breen.1858 |
| 1834 United States Cent #10 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.4.1, Breen.1858 |
| 1834 United States Cent #11 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.4.5, Breen.1858 |
| 1834 United States Cent #12 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1834.4.5, Breen.1858 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.