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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.  Could be:
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)

Images courtesy of Heritage Numismatic Auctions

Recent appearances:
1793 S-11a.  Rarity-4+.  Wreath, Vine and Bars Edge.  EF-45.  Ex – American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,” July 25, 2003 , Lot 107, illustrated, sold for $52,900.00.  Last publicly auctioned in 1933.

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, October 2003" by The Professional Coin Grading Service

Date

Mintage for
Circulation

Mintage of
Proofs

Notes

1793

63,353

0

 
 

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