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1794 Liberty Cap Right Half Cent - High Relief Head

Strike Type
1794 (P) Half Cent coin

Coin Details

Year
1794
Denomination
Half Cent
Mint Mark
P
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Liberty Cap Right Half Cents 1794-1797
Designer
Robert Scot
Mintage (whole issue)
81,600
Composition
Copper
Weight
6.74g
Diameter
23.5mm
Edge
Lettered: TWO HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR

Auction Record

Price realized
$103,500
Sold
Grade
MS65
Auction house
Bowers & Merena

Description

A half cent from the Philadelphia Mint, the 1794 Liberty Cap Right Half Cent - High Relief Head belongs to the Liberty Cap Right Half Cents 1794-1797 series. The 81,600 figure covers all 1794 half cents, High Relief and Low Relief heads together; how the total divides between them is not known. The obverse features Liberty facing right with a Phrygian cap on a pole behind her head and the reverse displays a wreath enclosing HALF CENT and 1/200. First year of the Liberty Cap Right Half Cent. Multiple Cohen die varieties exist. Struck in copper, weighing 6.74 grams, 23.5 mm in diameter, with a lettered: two hundred for a dollar edge. Cataloged as PCGS #35054.

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