1795 Liberty Cap Cent - Lettered Edge - Liberty Cap Large Cent (Lettered Edge) Obverse Spiked Head
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The spiked head results from a small crack that developed on the Liberty Cap obverse die near Liberty's head. As the crack progressed, metal flowed into it during striking and produced a raised spike above the portrait. This 1795 Lettered Edge issue carries that spiked head, distinguishing it from the Plain Edge variety struck the same year. The edge inscription "ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR" deterred counterfeiting. The Liberty Cap large cent was struck in copper at the Philadelphia Mint from 1793 through 1796.
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