I made a blog about the Beginning Years of US Coinage a few weeks ago, about the years 1793-1796; today I am putting up the opposite, the Ending Years of US Coinage, the years 1857, 1873, 1933, and 1964.

I often wonder about the proof Original and Restrike half cents of 1840-1849. These coins are doubtless very rare, so I often wonder what happened. Did they just stop making them for that period, and only made proof's? Does anybody have an idea? I've never even seen these in the market!