1841 United States Cent Value
Depending on how well it survived, a 1841 United States Cent brings anywhere from its melt value to well into four figures. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.
1841 United States Cent value by grade
| Grade | Estimated value |
|---|
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 1841 United States Cent selling for today?
The market for the 1841 United States Cent is driven by condition above all.
1841 United States Cent specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1841
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Copper
Reading a coin with no mint mark
The 1841 United States 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 1841 United States Cent is worth money
There is history in a 1841 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.
Official mintage figures for the 1841 United States Cent are not well established. The museum-documented specimens behind our specifications provide the physical reference points for the issue, and the market prices it on observed scarcity.
1841 United States Cent inscriptions & design
Obverse
************* 1841
Liberty Coronet Head, l.
Reverse
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ONE CENT
wreath
Measured 1841 United States Cent specimens
9 physically measured 1841 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841 United States Cent #1 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.1, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #2 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.2.2, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #3 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.2.1, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #4 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.3, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #5 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.4, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #6 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.5, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #7 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.5, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #8 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.6, Breen.1878 |
| 1841 United States Cent #9 | - | - | - | Newcomb.1841.7, Breen.1878 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.