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Liberty Cap Half Cent (half penny)
United States of America coinage
US Dollar ($)=100 cents
1/2 cent = 0.005 $US
Liberty Cap Half Cent - head facing left obverse
Minted: 1793
KM#10
Designer: Henry Voigt
Metal: copper
Diameter: 22 mm.
Weight: 6.74 g.
Edge: plain
Reverse: value within wreath
Reverse legend: HALF CENT / 1/200 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Obverse: head of Liberty facing left, Phrygian cap
Obverse legend: LIBERTY / date
Mintage:
| 1793 | 35,334 |
Liberty Cup Half Cent - head facing right obverse
Minted: 1794-1797
KM#14
Designer: Robert Scot (1794) and John Smith Gardner (1795)
Metal: copper
Diameter: 23.5 mm.
Weight: 6.74 g. (1794-95) or 5.44 g. (1795-97)
Edge:
1795 - lettered edge"TWO HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR", pole or plain edge, no pole or lettered edge "TWO HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR", punctuated date (comma after the 1 in the date)or plane edge, punctuated date (comma after the 1 in the date)
1796 - pole or no pole1797 - lettered edge "TWO HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR" or plain edge
or or second 1 above the 1 in the date or gripped edge.
Obverse: head of Liberty facing right, Phrygian cap
Obverse legend: LIBERTY / date
Reverse: value within wreath
Reverse legend: HALF CENT / 1/200 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mintage:
| 1794 | 81,600 | |
| 1795 | 139,690 | |
| 1796 | 1,390 | |
| 1797 | 127,840 |