Today, the rarest half-cents can be worth thousands or even millions of dollars. Half-Cent Value 1793 Half-Cent $1,005,000 1796 No pole half-cent $780,000 1796 Pole half-cent $630,000 ...

click image for close-up In a widely-read pamphlet distributed on the heels of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic, Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey accused the black community of profiteering from ...

Philadelphia; August-November 1793; approximately 5,000 dead This outbreak ... this epidemic spread up the Mississippi Valley to Memphis. More than half of the 47,000 residents of Memphis fled ...

In 1997, the Escambia County School District implemented a visionary initiative − a half-cent sales tax aimed at revolutionizing the local education landscape. On Nov. 5, the half-cent sales tax ...

Renewal of a one-half cent sales tax benefiting Escambia County Public Schools passed Tuesday night, with preliminary results showing 68.85% support from voters with 77 of the 80 precincts reporting.

Escambia County voters will once again have the option of renewing a one-half cent sales tax to benefit Escambia County schools. First passed in 1997, the one-half cent sales tax is on the Nov. 5 ...

A large portion of this funding is a direct result of the half-cent sales tax increase residents voted in favor of this spring, Hendersonville city officials announced on Facebook. More ...

Although most people have never had one in their pocket change, the half-cent used to be a common coin in the US. It was ...