Now what can you buy with half a half cent?

[comfyinvermont]

I know that it was a regular practice to cut early coins in pieces to make change, but you got to wonder what you would buy with half of a half cent token. The scan isn't very good but the coin is an 1837 canadian half penny bank token, or half of one anyway that I found this evening. Lance

 

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[jeff of pa]

Apparently twice as Much as a Quarter of a Half cent.

I got one of them, last year.

I figure maby you could get a Drunk on for a Penny back then & these people just wanted

a Night Cap

 

[groundfisher]

Whoever lost that was definitely a poor unfortunate soul.

 

[Rich in Texas]

I have wondered the same thing. Figuring the value in todays dollars puts it in perspective. I found an 1858 half dollar here about 4 years ago. It made me wonder how much it was worth to the person who lost it. After converting it's value to todays currency I was shocked to see that the 50 cents in 1858 is the equivalent of $11.11 today. That's dropping a whole lot of money! I couldn't find anyway to calculate yours though.

 

[northeast hunter]

I also found one it was a half of a large cent so dose that make it a large half cent ? dose this cut the value of the coin to 50% of the book value ? if you ask me its at least half as rare as the whole

 

[jeff of pa]

If We dropped a $20.00 Bill today,

? We would be upset, but in most cases it's easily replacible.

Just go to the MAC.

Unfortunately a Person who has a Half of a Half cent, most likely had nothing else.

and most likely planned on using it for a Hunk of Bread or other Food.

so I can see where that person was probably very upset by the loss.

 

[JakePhelps]

Nice Find, I too would think it would be worth at least half the value in the book. I mean how many cut in half half cents do you find?