1/2 Cent
Metal:
Issue year(s):
1794-1797

 

Liberty Cap Half CentsHead Facing Right (1794-1797)Designer – Engraver: Robert Scot Metal Composition: 100% CopperDiameter: 23.5 mm Mass / Weight: 6.74 grams

 

191 coins in the group
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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated Date, Lettered Edge AU50. Frosty light brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and a couple splashes of darker chocolate brown toning, especially in the right obverse field and at ERICA. The only marks, and they are mint-made flaws, are a large planchet v ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1795 C-1 R2 Plated Cast Copy EF40. Glossy reddish chocolate brown with steel gray highpoints where the plating has worn down into the base metal. Otherwise essentially as made from a mint state or nearly mint state model in the early die state. The edge is plain. A decent copy. Weight 129.4 gr ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1797 C-3b R4 Low Head with Lettered Edge VG7. Blundered Edge Letters. A few points sharper, especially on the obverse, but the planchet is covered with fine granularity. No verdigris, and the only marks are some faint hairline scratches on the lower half of the obverse, all blended perfectly i ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1795 S-76b R1 Plain Edge G6. Flipover Double Strike. Sharpness F15 or slightly better on the lower half of the obverse, but the upper half of the obverse and the entire reverse are covered with light to moderate corrosion. Shallow greenish verdigris shows around the date and under the bust tip ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1795 C-6a R2 Without Pole G6. Clamshell Lamination. Glossy chocolate brown. A couple small rim nicks at the bottom of the obverse and a tiny rim bruise opposite the forehead are the notable signs of contact. The surfaces are smooth and quite attractive for the grade. The planchet is split, a s ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1795 C-6a R2 Without Pole. ANACS graded VG-8. Rather glossy dark olive and steel with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. The planchet is relatively smooth but a glass reveals microscopic roughness and traces of shallow verdigris in protected areas. The only marks of any significance ar ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1794 C-8 R5 G4. The obverse is slightly better but the reverse is weaker, mostly as a result of that die being badly misaligned to K-5 causing an uneven strike. No corrosion or verdigris. A short, dull scratch in the field before the nose catches your eye, and there are a few less-obvious rim ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1794 C-6a R5+ G4. Small Edge Letters. Several points sharper but there are a few shallow pitmarks or planchet voids on both sides, mostly at TY into the field before the face and at S-OF on the reverse. No verdigris, just some dull contact marks on both sides, none notable. The center of the r ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1794 C-5a R4+ G6+. Small Edge Letters. Sharpness near VG10 but there are a few fine, old scratches in the hair right of the cap. Otherwise this piece is very nice, smooth with only trivial signs of contact. Glossy dark olive and steel. The date is strong and the legends are clear. Rare LDS, Ma ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1794 C-4a R3 F12. Small Edge Letters. Sharpness near EF40 but the planchet is dull and covered with uniform microscopic roughness. No contact marks or verdigris. The best identifying feature of this piece is a slightly beveled planchet at the rim over UNI. Frosty dark steel and olive with slig ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1794 C-3a R5 G4+. Small Edge Letters. A couple points sharper, especially on the reverse, but there are a half dozen pitmarks on the obverse, the largest of these being a couple in the field before the neck. In addition there are numerous thin rim nicks around the obverse and a deep nick at th ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-02
1794 C-2a R2+ ANACS graded VG details net G4 for corrosion. Small Edge Letters. Slightly glossy dark olive with lighter chocolate brown toning covering the devices on both sides. The fields and protected areas are covered with light roughness and several old scratches, most of which are lost i ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1794 C-9 R2 G6. The obverse is slightly sharper but the reverse is a bit weaker. Glossy chocolate brown. No corrosion or verdigris, but there are some contact marks. The obverse is very nice except for a pair of old pinscratches and the right half of the reverse is uneven thanks to a few very ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1794 C-8 R5 VF20. Five points sharper but the toning is a bit dark and there are a few very light contact marks on the cheek and chin, all blended perfectly into the natural toning. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. Nicely struck LDS, Manley state 2.0, showing a clear die crack down ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1794 C-1a R3 Large Edge Letters NGC graded AU58 Brown. Repunched 179. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown and olive. The surfaces are smooth and display only a few trivial marks. A light rim nick off the chin and a vertical nick in the field before the neck are the only notable flaws. Great ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge VG10. Sharpness VF25 but covered with uniform microscopic granularity. No verdigris, but there is a dig on the E in LIBERTY that obliterates much of that letter plus a hairline scratch from that E through the cap. These marks blend perfectly into the dark ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-2 R3 F15+. Clipped Planchet. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown. Close to VF20. The surfaces are smooth but there are traces of microscopic verdigris in protected areas around the date and lowest curl. The only notable mark is a small planchet fissure in the dentils left of the top ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated Date with Lettered Edge F12. Sharpness VF25 but there is an "X" lightly scratched into the field before the neck, and the scratch has been partially effaced. Otherwise this piece is quite attractive. Rather glossy chocolate and steel brown. The date and legends are bold ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1794 C-9 R2 AG3. Sharpness F12, perhaps even better on the obverse, but there are numerous pinscratches on the obverse and a very deep cut in the center of the reverse. These marks are old and blend into the attractive glossy chocolate brown toning, but the deep cut into the reverse is a big d ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1794 C-6a R5+ G5. Small Edge Letters. A couple points sharper but the planchet is slightly rough under the glossy dark chocolate and steel brown toning. The highpoints are a few shades lighter than the protected areas. The roughness is strongest at the bottom of the reverse, but there is no ve ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1794 C-2a R2+. PCGS graded EF-45. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and this piece offers excellent eye appeal. Would be choice except for a dull nick on the neck, a shallow spot of reddish verdigris at the F in OF, and a light rim bruise over ES in STATES. Nicely stru ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-2 R3 G6. Struck Over Off Center 1797 S-139 Large Cent. Glossy olive and dark chocolate brown with lighter chocolate toning covering the devices. The surfaces are smooth although not perfectly so and the only notable marks are some faint hairline scratches across the date. The half cent ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-2 R3 VG10+. Double Struck Off Center over Talbot Allum & Lee Cent. Glossy chocolate brown with hints of light bluish steel overtone. Smooth and nearly flawless, a tiny pinprick in the field over the head offering the best identifying mark. Close to F12. Double struck over a TAL Cent. Th ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety F15. Struck over a 1795 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent. Glossy chocolate brown. No roughness or verdigris and only a few trivial contact marks mixed in with lots of strong undertype from the 1795 TAL Cent. The aft of the ship shows clearly before the face of Ms Liberty a ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety VG8. Struck on a 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with Edge Lettering. A couple points sharper with myriad fine hairline scratches on both sides. The scratches all blend into the glossy chocolate and steel toning and the eye appeal remains quite nice for the grade. Th ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety F15. Double Struck, the First Strike Off Center. Sharpness EF45 but there is an old, strong scratch in the center of the obverse. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel with very fine granularity covering the planchet, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris. Double ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on a 1794 Overton-102 Half Dollar Die Trial in Copper G5. Struck on a Cut-Down Copper Die Trial of a 1794 Overton-102 Half Dollar. Sharpness VG10, even better on the reverse, but both sides are covered with fine granularity. No verdigris, but there is a str ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on a 1794 Overton-105 Half Dollar Die Trial in Copper VG10. Struck on a Cut-Down 1794 Half Dollar Die Trial in Copper, Overton-105, Judd-17. Five points sharper with a dozen small rim nicks, mostly on the obverse, and some microscopic pinpricks scattered ov ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a/b R6 Plain Edge without Pole on Spoiled 1794 S-26 Large Cent G6. Struck on a 1794 Sheldon-26 Large Cent. Rather glossy medium brown with a small splash of darker reddish chocolate brown on the shoulder. No notable defects other than microscopic ticks and planchet chips scattered over ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet G6. Struck on a 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with Two Indents. Slightly sharper with extremely fine roughness under a glossy olive brown and chocolate patina. No verdigris, and the only marks are a very tiny rim bruise at Y in LIBERTY and a ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet VG10. Struck on a 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with Edge Letters Showing. Slightly sharper but there are a few dull contact marks hidden in the curls and near the edge on the left side of the obverse, plus a couple more at the U and D in UN ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet F12. Struck on a 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with Edge Device Showing. Glossy chocolate brown. The only mark is a dusting of very fine crud at the top of UN in UNITED. Excellent eye appeal for the grade, just a few trivial marks from choic ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet F15. Chatter Strike Slightly Off Center on a Talbot Allum & Lee Cent. Five points sharper but there are specks of reddish verdigris near the dentils before the face, a corroded area on the rim over ES in STATES, a spot of reddish verdigris ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet VF30. Oval-Shaped Planchet. Slightly sharper with a dull rim nick off the chin and a faint scuff of very fine scratches arcing through the top of the cap. Otherwise this cent is smooth and quite attractive offering outstanding eye appeal. C ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet G6. Flip-Over Triple Strike. Very slightly sharper with a couple dozen very tiny rim cuts around the obverse. The surfaces are smooth and there are no other marks worthy of mention. Slightly glossy dark steel with lighter steel brown high p ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet VG10. Double Struck on 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with NEW YORK. Five points sharper but there are a half dozen shallow planchet lamination flakes on the obverse, including a large one on the throat and a smaller one in the dentils over t ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet F12. Double or Triple Struck over Talbot Allum & Lee Cent. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with a splash of reddish chocolate toning at CA in AMERICA and traces of darker olive brown toning on both sides. Smooth surfaces showing onl ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet EF40. Double Struck over Talbot Allum & Lee Cent. Very attractive glossy medium brown with reddish chocolate toning in protected areas and frosty mint luster showing on both sides. The only defect is a speck of carbon in the field at the li ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet F15. Double Struck, the Second Strike Off Center. Sharpness VF30 but covered with uniform fine granularity on all but the high points, which are smooth. No verdigris, and the only mark is a tiny pit over the D in UNITED. Partially glossy da ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on Thin Planchet F12. Off Center over Talbot Allum & Lee (TAL) Cent. Choice glossy light chocolate brown with smooth, virtually flawless surfaces. The only notable mark is a shallow, dark olive planchet void at the base of the L in HALF. LDS, Manley state 2 ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1795 C-5b R4 Plain Edge without Pole on Thick Planchet VF20. Struck on a Spoiled Large Cent Planchet. Slightly sharper but covered with tiny planchet chips mixed with microscopic pitmarks scattered over the obverse. These defects are individually insignificant but there are too many to ignore. ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-3b R4 Low Head with Lettered Edge G5. Struck over a Large Cent that was Double Struck Off Center. A couple points sharper but fine roughness covers both sides and there are patches of very fine reddish verdigris dusted on the obverse, especially at LIB and in the field before the eye. I ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-3b R4 Low Head with Lettered Edge VG8. Struck over Off Center Large Cent. Sharpness F12 but covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris and only a few contact marks, including a couple very light scratches hidden in the hair below the ear. Slightly glossy light olive and chocolate ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge AG3+. Struck over Off Center Reverse Brockage Large Cent. The obverse is at least G4 with a clear date while the reverse is only AG3. Smooth and attractive, just worn. The only marks of any significance are two light hairline scratches in the field under t ...

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-03-05
1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge G6. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. A couple points sharper, especially on the obverse, but covered with extremely fine granularity. No verdigris, just some old pinscratches on the portrait into the field under the cap, all blending into the natural toning ...
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