Description
Country or authority: United States of America
Year or date range: 1798
Denomination: One cent (large cent)
Composition: Copper, proposed from the attributed issue; not independently tested
Ruler or portrait: Liberty, draped bust facing right
Mint or mintmark: Philadelphia; no mintmark visible
Catalogue references: Sheldon S-166 (1798)
Obverse description: Right-facing bust of Liberty with drapery, flowing hair tied with a ribbon, and a distinct curl below and behind the ear. LIBERTY above; date reads 179[8], with the final digit weak. Portions of the denticled border remain visible.
Reverse description: ONE CENT within a leafy wreath tied with a bow; UNITED STATES OF [A]MERICA around, with the first A particularly weak. Fraction 1/100 below. A prominent raised, curved line runs from the left rim through E of UNITED, the wreath, ribbon and fraction toward the lower rim, consistent with a die crack.
