Liberty Cap Right Half Cent
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FACTS:
Half Cent coinage types where never popular, and where even given a non-affectionate nickname, "Half Sisters"; during this era that was a negative connation. The coins barely circulated, mintages where often interrupted by low demand and copper shortages, melted for their precious metal content and an often changes in the design to make them more appealing to the public. In part, these design changes resulted in a large number of die varieties and marriages.
However, this is an advantage for the modern day collector, because this created lower surviving specimen numbers, and a good number of valuable varieties. More on values, mintages and varieties...
SPECIFICATIONS:
Designer: Robert Scot
Diameter: 23.5 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 100%
Weight: 104 grains (6.74 grams)
Edge: Lettered ("TWO HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR")
Mint mark: None (all 1794 Half Cents were struck at the Philadelphia Mint)
LIBERTY CAP, RIGHT FACING, HALF CENT (1794-1797)
Cherry Picker's List:
1794
1795 Plain Edge, No Pole
1795 PE Punctuated Date
1795 Lettered Edge
1795 LE Punctuated Date
1796 With Pole
1796 No Pole
1797 Lettered Edge
1797 Centered Head
1797 Gripped Edge
1797 1 above 1
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