1793 FLOWING HAIR CENT,
WREATH REVERSE
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 63,353
Proofs: 0
Designer: attributed
to Adam Eckfeldt
Diameter: ±27 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 100%
Weight: ±208 grains
(±13.5 grams)
Edge: see
individual varieties. Possibilities incude:
1. Vine and vertical bars, alternating
2. Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR with one leaf after DOLLAR, or
3. Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR with two leaves after DOLLAR
Mintmarks: None (all
examples of this type were struck at the Philadelphia Mint)
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Numismatic Auctions
Varieties:
Vine and Bars Edge
Sheldon 5 - Very Scarce
Sheldon 6 - Scarce
Sheldon 7 - Very Rare
Sheldon 8 - Common
Sheldon 9 - Common
Sheldon 10 - Very Scarce
Sheldon
11a - Rare
Sheldon NC-4 - 4 known
Sheldon NC-5 - Unique!
Lettered Edge
Double Leaf
Sheldon
11b
Single leaf
Sheldon
11c
Strawberry Leaf
Sheldon NC-2 - Unique!
Sheldon NC-3 - 3
known
Significant examples:
see individual varieties
Recent appearances:
see individual varieties
Notes:
The finest "Vine/Bars Edge" Brown example graded by PCGS is
a single MS-69BN.
The finest "Vine/Bars Edge" Red-Brown example graded by PCGS is
a single MS-67RB.
The finest "Vine/Bars Edge" Red example graded by PCGS is a
single MS-68RD.
The finest "Lettered Edge" Brown example graded by PCGS is a
single MS-63BN.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
"Walter Breen's Complete
Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
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