1835 Capped Bust Half Dollars
Design Type 10 1834-1836
Mintage: 5,352,006 (This number undoubtedly is way high. A more realistic number for Halves dated 1835 is between 2,000,000 and 2,500,000, with the others of this mintage figure being Halves dated 1834 and 1836)
Overton Numbers and Rarities:
O-101 (R1)
O-102 (R3)
O-103 (R2)
O-104 (R3)
O-105 (R1)
O-106 (R1)
O-107 (R1)
O-108 (R3)
O-109 (R2)
O-110 (R2)
O-111 (R7+) Crushed Lettered Edge (Proof Only, struck in 1836)
Redbook Varieties:
1835
All
Notes:
The O-107 may be a 5/4 overdate, but this has not been proven for certain.
Important Historical Events of 1835
The United States national debt is 0 for the first and only time.
Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington DC in 1st attempted assassination of a US President
Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana
P T Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US