1793 Liberty Cap Left Half Cent
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Values as of May 2026 — estimates reflect typical grades (G-4 through MS-63). Coins in lower or exceptional grades may fall outside this range.
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$56,350 AU50 10-18-2006 Stack's
Description
The 1793 Liberty Cap Left Half Cent is a cent produced at the Philadelphia Mint as part of the Liberty Cap Left Half Cents 1793 series. With a mintage of 35,334, this is an extremely rare issue. The obverse features Liberty facing right with a Phrygian cap on a pole behind her head, symbolizing freedom and the reverse displays a wreath enclosing ONE CENT and 1/100 of a dollar. Designed by Joseph Wright, who died of yellow fever that same year. Only about 11,056 struck, making the 1793 Liberty Cap Cent one of the rarest regular-issue U.S. coins. Estimated market value ranges from $4.2K to $39K depending on grade and condition. Struck in copper, weighing 6.74 grams, 22 mm in diameter, with a lettered: two hundred for a dollar edge. Cataloged as PCGS #1000.
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