The only known 1870-S half dime will be sold at a New York auction on Sept. 9 for a price that could exceed $400,000. The coin`s owner, Michigan dealer John Abbott, paid $425,000 for the rarity ...

It turns out a half dime can be worth a pretty penny. At least when it’s a really, really old “half dime” – one that was minted in the late 1700s. Sunnyvale-based Cardinal Collection ...

The half-cent had a short life, as currency goes. It was only produced by the U.S. Mint from 1793 to 1857. The coins featured the head of a nameless “Miss Liberty” (one of the few females on ...