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Liberty Cap Cent (penny)
United States of America coinage
US Dollar ($)=100 cents
1 cent = 0.01 $US
Liberty Cap Cent
Minted: 1793-1796
KM#13
Designer: Joseph Wright (1793-1795) and John Smith Gardner (1795-1796)
Metal: copper
Diameter: 29 mm.
Weight: 13.48 g. (1793-1795) or 10.89 g. (1795-1796)
Edge: lettered (ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR) or plain or reeded
value within wreath
Reverse legend: ONE CENT / 1/100 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
head facing right, Phrygian cap
Obverse legend: LIBERTY / date
Mintage:
1793 - 11,0561794 - 918,521
1795 - 501,500
1796 - 109,825
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