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1c LIBERTY CAP 1793-96


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Grade: PCGS VF 20 BN
Owner: EZ_E
 
Winning Set: Vic's Picks
Date Added: 2/4/2007
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1794 S-44, LDS (late die state) with near complete reverse die break which accounts for the lack of details on the reverse from 12:00 to 6:00.<br /><br />http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=domestic&Number=1610977&fpart=1&PHPSESSID=<br /><br />This is a $1400 coin I bought raw from the infamous Mark Hooten in November 2007. Read all about it in the link above.<br /><br />*******************************<br />1794 LIBERTY CAP CENT<br />*******************************<br /><br />Mintage:<br />Circulation strikes: 918,521<br />Proofs: 0<br /><br />Designer: the earlier "Head of 1793" varieties are attributed by Breen to Joseph Wright. Later varieties are attributed to Robert Scot (and possibly some of his assistants)<br /><br />Diameter: ±28 millimeters<br /><br />Metal content:<br />Copper - 100%<br /><br />Weight: ±208 grains (±13.5 grams)<br /><br />Edge: Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR, leaf after DOLLAR points down<br />or<br />Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR, leaf after DOLLAR points up

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