1848 United States Cent Value
The 1848 United States Cent carries a current retail range of about its melt value to well into four figures across circulated and Mint State grades. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.
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1848 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 a 1848 United States Cent worth right now?
Pricing for the 1848 United States Cent depends on grade and current collector demand.
1848 United States Cent specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1848
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Copper
- Weight
- 10.624 g
- Diameter
- 28 mm
Reading a coin with no mint mark
The 1848 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.
What makes the 1848 United States Cent valuable
Documented examples of the 1848 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.
Context adds the final layer to the 1848 United States 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.
1848 United States Cent inscriptions & design
Obverse
************* 1848
Liberty Coronet Head, l.
Reverse
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ONE CENT
wreath
Measured 1848 United States Cent specimens
12 physically measured 1848 United States Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 10.624 g, 28 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1848 United States Cent #1 | 9.537 g | - | - | Newcomb.48.x, Breen.1901 |
| 1848 United States Cent #2 | 10.741 g | 28 mm | - | Breen.1900, Newcomb.48.1 |
| 1848 United States Cent #3 | 10.416 g | 27 mm | - | Breen.1900, Newcomb.48.2 |
| 1848 United States Cent #4 | 10.802 g | 27 mm | - | Newcomb.48.3, Breen.1899 |
| 1848 United States Cent #5 | 10.63 g | 27 mm | - | Newcomb.48.4, Breen.1899 |
| 1848 United States Cent #6 | 28 g | - | - | Breen.1900, Newcomb.48.5 |
| 1848 United States Cent #7 | 10.757 g | 28 mm | - | Newcomb.48.6, Breen.1898 |
| 1848 United States Cent #8 | 10.469 g | 28 mm | - | Newcomb.48.7, Breen.1898 |
| 1848 United States Cent #9 | 10.298 g | 28 mm | - | Breen.1900, Newcomb.48.8 |
| 1848 United States Cent #10 | 10.624 g | 27 mm | - | Newcomb.48.41, Breen.1898 |
| 1848 United States Cent #11 | 10.578 g | 28 mm | - | Newcomb.48.10, Breen.1898 |
| 1848 United States Cent #12 | - | - | - | Newcomb.48.11, Breen.1898 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.