1793 LIBERTY CAP CENT
PCGS No:
1359
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 11,056
Proofs: 0
Designer: attributed
by Breen to Joseph Wright
Diameter: ±28.5 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 100%
Weight: ±208 grains
(±13.5 grams)
Edge: see
individual varieties. Could be:
1. Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR with one leaf after DOLLAR, leaf
points down, or
2. Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR with one leaf after DOLLAR, leaf
points up
Mintmarks: None (all
examples of this type were struck at the Philadelphia Mint)
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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Varieties:
Sheldon 12 - Rare
Sheldon 13 - Scarce
Sheldon 14 - Rare
Sheldon 15 - Very Rare
Sheldon 16 - Very Rare
Sheldon NC-6 - 2 known
Notes:
The finest Brown
example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64BN.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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