1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note Value

Documented from 12 documented examples, the United States 1/2 Dollar Note is a 1776 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.

1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 1/2 Dollar Note
Year
1776
Material
Paper

1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

No CAROLINA CURRENCY / No HALF A DOLLAR \ By Authority of Congress \ at Halifax April 2d 1776. / HALF A DOLLAR

Cock fight

Reverse

Chain with 13 links

Measured 1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note specimens

12 physically measured 1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #1---Friedberg.NC-156b
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #2---Friedberg.NC-156c
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #3---Friedberg.NC-156h
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #4---Friedberg.GA-70
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #5--12 hFriedberg.MD-94
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #6---Friedberg.CC-21
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #7--12 hFriedberg.CC-21
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #8--12 hFriedberg.CC-21
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #9--12 hFriedberg.CC-21
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #10--12 hFriedberg.CC-21
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #11--12 hFriedberg.CC-21
1776 United States 1/2 Dollar Note #12---N.p.36-7

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.