1/2 Cent USA (1776 - ) Copper

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Denomination:

1/2 Cent

Metal:

Copper

State:

USA (1776 - )

Issue year(s):

1793

Liberty Cap Half Cents

Head Facing Left (1793)

Designer – Engraver: Joseph Wright
Metal Composition: 100% Copper
Diameter: 22 mm
Mass / Weight: 6.74 grams

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1793 Liberty Cap Half Cent. Bent cap, type 1. . C-3. PCGS graded AU-55 PQ. Well struck with nice original brown color. A lovely example. Only 35,334 pieces struck. Modeled after Dupre's famous Libertas Americana medal of 1776, the 1793 half cent has been a popular coin with collectors since th ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1793 C-2 R 3 Liberty Cap VG10. Sharpness VF25 but covered with microscopic roughness on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. No marks or verdigris. The highpoints are covered with glossy medium brown and chocolate toning while the remainder of the planchet is dark olive brown. The contras ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1793 C-4 R3 PCGS graded AU50. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter steel brown toning in the protected areas. Excellent eye appeal, although there are a couple marks. The most-notable mark is a foldover planchet lamination reaching down into the field right of the cap. The lamination begins at ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1793 C-2 R3 Liberty Cap, Head Left G4. Blundered Edge Lettering. Several points sharper but the planchet is lightly eroded under a mostly glossy chocolate brown patina. No verdigris, and the only marks are some dull hairline scratches hidden in the toning on both sides. The date is complete an ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1793 C-2 R3 Liberty Cap, Head Left G5. Off Center with Collar Post Indent. Several points sharper but covered with uniform fine granularity. No verdigris or circulation marks, and the toning is a uniform olive and steel brown. The surfaces are dull thanks to the microscopic roughness, but the ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1793 C-1 R3+ Liberty Cap, Head Left VG8. Blundered Edge. Sharpness F12 but covered with extremely fine granularity that is partially obscured by the slightly glossy dark olive and steel patina. The only mark is a small, very shallow pit in the middle of the fraction bar. The obverse is rather ...

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