1796 Draped Bust Cent - LIHERTY Error
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Auction Record
- Price realized
- $80,500
- Sold
- Grade
- AU58
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
Part of the Draped Bust Cents 1796-1807 series, the 1796 Draped Bust Cent - LIHERTY Error is a cent from the Philadelphia Mint. Philadelphia struck 363,375 Draped Bust cents dated 1796 across all of their varieties; how many show the LIHERTY error is not recorded. The obverse features Liberty facing right with draped bust and ribbon-bound hair, designed after a Gilbert Stuart portrait and the reverse displays a wreath enclosing ONE CENT and fraction 1/100. First year of the Draped Bust design on the large cent. The LIHERTY obverse is a single die on which the B in LIBERTY was first punched upside down and then corrected. Struck in copper, weighing 10.89 grams, 28 mm in diameter, with a plain edge. Cataloged as PCGS #1413.
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