1825

   The House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams President, much to the dismay of Andrew Jackson. Texas was opened to American settlement this year and Congress adopted a policy to remove all eastern Indian tribes west of the Mississippi. The Erie Canal opened, Thomas Kensett patented his tin plated can, and more than 600 Boston carpenters went on strike for a 10 hour work day. The New York Stock Exchange also opened this year.

    Elsewhere, civil war broke out in the Ottoman Empire and Portugal recognized Brazil's independence. The Bolshoi Ballet was established in Moscow, Pushkin wrote Boris Godunov, Cuvier suggested that mass extinctions followed great catastrophes that altered the earth, and Andre Ampere developed the electromagnetic theory. This year, British workers were allowed to organize labor unions.

    The mint delivered 1,461,100 cents and 63,000 half cents this year. All coins delivered were probably dated 1825. Nine varieties of large cents (N1 - N 4 and N 5 - N 10) and two varieties of half cent (C 1 and C 2) were struck this year. A few uncirculated cents dated 1825 are available to collectors, thanks perhaps to the Randall hoard. These cents are variety N-8.  This was the first year since 1811 that half cents were struck and delivered, primarily due to a large order for the coins from Jonathan Elliott & Sons of Baltimore. Despite their small mintage, half cents of this date are not rare.

    The best coins for this year in the national collection are C 2 (1) and N-2 (2).

Half Cents

C 1

C 2 (1)

C2 (2)

C 2 (3)

Large Cents

N 2 (1)

N 2 (2)

N 4

N 6 (1)

N 6 (2)

N 7 (1)

N 7 (2)

N 7 (3)

N 8 (1)

N 8 (2)

N 9 (1)

N 9 (2)

N 9 (3) 

N 10 (1) 

N 10 (2)

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