1793 Liberty Cap Cent. S-13. Rarity-4-. Good-4 (PCGS).

Boldly and evenly toned in deep copper-brown, both sides appear quite smooth with good gloss for the assigned grade. The obverse is the more heavily worn of the two sides, although there is sufficient outline detail to Liberty's portrait, the word LIBERTY, and all four digits in the date. The overall design on the reverse is also appreciable, this despite the fact that the strike is slightly off center to the lower left on that side. The Philadelphia Mint opened in 1793 and while the bonds for coining silver and gold were being obtained, took to the task of coining all the copper that could be obtained into cents and half cents. Cent coinage began with the Chain style reverse, which met with disfavor from the public, so the new Wreath style was launched a few months later. A little better, but back to the drawing board. Finally the appealing Liberty Cap style was produced in late 1793, and these finally met with approval, and coinage of this style continued until 1796 when the Draped Bust motif was adopted. This first year issue has long been popular with numismatists, and this is a remarkably pleasing example for the assigned grade.

PCGS# 1359. NGC ID: 223L.

Estimate: $4’000.00