1833
This year, Congress passed the Force Bill, which allowed the president to use the armed forces to execute the tariff laws. A compromise tariff was eventually enacted. Andrew Jackson also withdrew all federal funds from the Bank of the United States and deposited them in smaller, privately owned banks. The first cargo of ice left Boston this year, on a four month voyage to Calcutta, India. Even though half the ice melted on the trip, it was still a financial success. Chicago carpenter Augustus Taylor invented the concept of a wooden frame house this year. Within two decades, "Taylor" houses were being built all across the country.
Elsewhere, slavery was abolished in the British Empire, the British parliament passed an act forbidding the employment of children under 9 in factories, and the East India Company's monopoly of trade in China ended. In the field of electricity, Michael Faraday coined the terms electrolysis, electrolyte, anode, and cathode.
The mint delivered 2,793,000 large cents and 120,000 half cents this year. Some of the half cents delivered this year were dated 1832 and some of the large cents were dated 1831. Walter Breen estimates that about 184,000 half cents dated 1833 were struck in 1833 and 1834 while the Red Book states a mintage for this date of 103,000. There are six varieties of large cents (N1 - N 6) and one variety of half cent (C 1) known for this year. There is a large cent overdate, 1833/2, (N 4) but the overdate is visible only on early struck coins. Proofs are known for the single half cent variety and for one large cent variety (N 4) this year. The cent proofs were one-sided, using a technique borrowed from the French mint.
The best coins include C 1 (1), C 1 (2), C 1 (6), N 4, and N 5 (3).
Half Cents
Large Cents