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Liberty Capped Large Cent 1793 - 1796

Dissatisfied with Eckfeldt's designs, mint director Rittenhouse hired Joseph Wright to do another redesign in the troubled first year of the one cent. Wright faced Liberty to the right and "tamed" her wild hair. The cap was added as a symbol of freedom, it was often worn in the French Revolution. The reverse design was a laurel wreath, and Robert Scot aided with several revisions to the design over the next three years.

Vital Stats.

  • Content: 100% copper
  • Designer 1793: Robert Scot
  • Designer 1794: Joseph Wright / Robert Scot
  • Designer 1795-1796: Robert Scot
  • 1793 28.5 mm 13.5 grams 2 edges:
    Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR with one leaf after DOLLAR, leaf points down
    Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR with one leaf after DOLLAR, leaf points up
    1794 28 mm 13.5 grams
    1795 28 mm 13.5 grams,
    reduced to 10.9 grams at the end of the year
    3 EDGES:
    Lettered
    Plain
    Reeding
    1796 28 mm 10.9 grams Plain

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    Year/
    Mint
    Circulation
    Strikes
    1793 Key Coin11,056
    1794918,521
    1795538,500
    1796109,285

    Type 1
    Beaded Border

    1793 Liberty Cap Cent Obv Type 3 Beaded Border 1793 Liberty Cap Cent Rev Type 3 Beaded Border

    Type 2
    Denticled Border

    1794 Liberty Cap Cent Obv Type 4 with lowest curl 1794 Liberty Cap Cent Rev Type 4 with lowest curl
    1794 Type 4, Liberty Cap 'Starred Rim' Key Coin

    The new design continued into 1796, but in 1795, planchets became too thin for the edge lettering because of a weight reduction, so the mint stopped edge lettering on the cent, and the rest of these coins were made with a plain edge.

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