SPECIFICATIONS:
Designer: undetermined; possible candidates include Joseph Wright or Adam Eckfeldt
Diameter: 22 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 100%
Weight: 104 grains (6.74 grams)
Edge: Lettered ("TWO HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR")
Mintmark: None (all 1793 Half Cents were struck at the Philadelphia Mint)
LIBERTY CAP, LEFT FACING, HALF CENT (1793)
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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...