Lot 50
1795 Liberty Cap Cent. Plain edge. Sheldon-76b. NGC graded MS-61 Brown. Nice sharp strike with full hair detail above the ear and a well defined cap. Extremely sharp leaf detail and lettering on the reverse. Even light chocolate surfaces with hints of clay red in the fields on both obverse and reverse. Reverse die rotated clockwise several degrees.
Identified by a small nick just to the left of the fraction on the reverse. Early type, especially in such high grade, becomes more in demand each year and this is the perfect piece for the type collector or high grade copper collector.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000.
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| Realized $4,485 |
