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Half Dime · $0.05
1865 Pattern & Experimental Coins
Key Features
- Judd-420, struck in copper - A wartime off-metal striking of the silver half dime - Value guide: about $3,300 to $6,500 (Greysheet CPG)
Intriguing History
During the Civil War, people hoarded silver, and half dimes vanished from circulation. The Mint started testing other metals. In 1865 it struck a half dime in copper, Judd-420, along with five-cent patterns in nickel and copper. That same year Congress approved a three-cent coin made of copper and nickel. The nickel age was about to begin.