1837 Half Dollar Patterns

About This Coin

The 1837 Half Dollar Patterns is a United States half dollar from the Early Republic Patterns (1792-1859) series — 21st of 35 years in the series. The obverse features various experimental designs testing different concepts for U.S. coinage and the reverse displays various experimental designs. Minted during the age of Jacksonian democracy and the rise of the common man, as new branch mints opened in Charlotte, Dahlonega, and New Orleans. Designed by Various Mint engravers and outside artists.