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Impressive 1796 S-81 Liberty Cap Cent, MS62 Brown
1796 1C Liberty Cap MS62 Brown PCGS. S-81, B-2, R.3. 1796 was the final year for the Liberty Cap type, which had been struck since 1793, the initial year of production at the first U.S. Mint. The Draped Bust motif first appeared on the 1795 silver dollar, and made its way through lower denominations to the cent in 1796. However, half cents continued to be struck with the Liberty Cap design through 1797.Robert Scot prepared dies for the 1796 Liberty Cap cents, after the earlier design that John Smith Gardner created. The obverse relief is higher, and the hair contours are different. The reverse dies were also modified, but with lower relief so that the reverses always appear to be in lower grades. Breen suggests that Scot's professional jealousy of his former assistant is the reason he created the new obverse and reverse dies.
Smooth light olive surfaces display darker steel and aqua-blue hues once rotated beneath a light. A hint of prooflike reflectivity is evident on the reverse. A rare Mint State example of this popular early design type. Surprisingly few marks are present to serve as pedigree identifiers, including a small pit right of the upper crossbar of the E in ONE. Minor strike softness near CENT and the cheekbone is accompanied by faint striae from the planchet. Bill Noyes grades this coin XF45 and considers it the seventh finest known S-81 cent. EAC 50.
Ex: Gene Sherman (1/1999); Robert Clark (Bowers and Merena, 8/2000), lot 254.
From the Joshua Collection.(Registry values: N7079)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 223V, PCGS# 1392, GSID# 744)
Metal: 100% Copper
Weight: 13.48 grams
Weight: 0.47549oz
Mintage: 109,825
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Auction Info
2008 July-August Baltimore, MD (ANA) US Coin Signature Auction #1114 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
Jul-Aug, 2008
30th-3rd
Wednesday-Sunday
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