1836 United States 50 Cent Value
Depending on how well it survived, a 1836 United States 50 Cent brings anywhere from its melt value to well into four figures. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.
Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.
1836 United States 50 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.
Today's value of the 1836 United States 50 Cent
The market for the 1836 United States 50 Cent is driven by condition above all.
1836 United States 50 Cent specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1836
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Silver
- Weight
- 13.137 g
- Diameter
- 32 mm
The missing mint mark, explained
The 1836 United States 50 Cent was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.
Why the 1836 United States 50 Cent is worth money
The 1836 United States 50 Cent lacks precise production records, so its value rests on demonstrated rarity: how often examples surface at auction and how they compare to documented specimens.
Context adds the final layer to the 1836 United States 50 Cent. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.
1836 United States 50 Cent inscriptions & design
Obverse
************* (date)
Draped, capped bust l.
Reverse
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; 50 C.
eagle, wings spread, head l., shield on breast, holding arrows and branch, motto on scroll above.
Measured 1836 United States 50 Cent specimens
12 physically measured 1836 United States 50 Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 13.137 g, 32 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #1 | 13.124 g | 33 mm | - | Davignon.1836: 2-B, Riddell.469, Breen.4719.ctft |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #2 | 13.137 g | 32 mm | 6 h | KM.US.p.1080 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #3 | 13.427 g | 30 mm | 6 h | Breen.Encyclopedia.4731, JR.1 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #4 | 13.546 g | 32 mm | 6 h | Breen.Encyclopedia.4719, Overton.109 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #5 | - | - | - | Overton.1836.105, Breen.4720 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #6 | - | - | - | Overton.1836.107, Breen.4729 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #7 | - | - | - | Overton.1836.122, Breen.4725 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #8 | - | - | - | Breen.4731 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #9 | - | - | - | Breen.4731 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #10 | - | - | - | Overton.1836.119, Breen.4721 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #11 | - | - | - | Overton.1836.106, Breen.4730 |
| 1836 United States 50 Cent #12 | - | - | - | Overton.1836.106, Breen.4730 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.