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A 1794 Liberty Cap large cent, as well as a portion of its lettered edge. The Liberty Cap large cent was a type of large cent struck by the United States Mint from 1793 until 1796, when it was replaced by the Draped Bust large cent. The coin features an image of the goddess of Liberty and her accompanying Phrygian cap.
Large Cents: Photo Flowing Hair silver centered cent, 1792 Flowing Hair Chain Cents, 1793 Flowing Hair Strawberry Wreath Cents, 1793 Flowing Hair Wreath Cents, 1793 Liberty Cap cents, 1793-1796 Draped Bust, 1796-1807 Classic Head, 1808-1814 Coronet, 1816-1839 Coronet (braided hair), 1840-1857
Large Cent 28 mm 10.89 g 1793–1857 Half Dollar (Clad) 30.61 mm 11.34 g 1971–present Half Dollar (40% Ag) 30.6 mm 11.5 g 1965–1970, 1976(S) Half Dollar 30.6 mm 12.5 g 1796–1964 $50 American Gold Eagle 32.7 mm 31.1 g 1986–present $100 American Platinum Eagle 32.7 mm 31.1 g 1997–present $20 Double Eagle 34 mm 35 g 1849–1933
Liberty Cap large cent, 1793–1796 (Copper) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1793 (P) 11,056 1794 (P) 918,521 1795 ... photos, and more; Lincoln Cent Pictures
The 1819 "Matron Head" large cent. The United States large cent was a coin with a face value of 1/100 of a United States dollar. Its nominal diameter was 1 1 ⁄ 8 inch (28.57 mm). The first official mintage of the large cent was in 1793, and its production continued until 1857, when it was officially replaced by the modern-size one-cent coin ...
A 1792 silver center cent sold for $352,500 at a Heritage auction in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday -- and a 1792 Birch cent, one of only 10 in existence, raked in a whopping $517,000.
This design is known as Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle. The famous 1804 silver dollar has this design as well the reverse of the Kennedy half dollar in 1964. Three denominations also bore the appropriate fraction: half cent (1/200), large cent (1/100) and half dollar (1/2).
The denomination "FIVE CENTS" was initially omitted on the V Nickel (the reverse carried a large V). Before the words could be added, enterprising tricksters gold-plated the coin and declared it a $5.00 gold piece. The Indian head cent has 3 varieties: (1) No shield (1859), (2) Copper and nickel (1860–1863) and (3) Bronze (1864–1909). A ...