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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Omegaraptor, post: 8327957, member: 76105&quot;]A Liberty Cap cent has been a bucket list type for me for a long time now, and I finally got to fill that hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was browsing Ebay about a week back and looking through newly posted Large Cent listings. I saw a 1796 Liberty Cap cent posted for a eye-openingly cheap $48 + shipping (shipping just barely put it over the under $50 thread). Opened that listing up real quick. The pictures weren’t great, but the coin was correctly attributed as S-88 (an R-4 variety) and the pictures showed a worn coin but no evidence of corrosion or damage. Snapped it up before someone else did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just arrived in hand, and here it is -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1476017[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes I know what you’re thinking on the reverse. Nearly all Liberty Cap cents in lower grades have a weak reverse. This is because of the way the coins were made on a hand-operated screw press with the obverse being the hammer die. </p><p><br /></p><p>A clean, honest Fair-2 with no corrosion, damage, or cleaning. Most of these early coppers have some sort of issue, and this one is a smooth brown planchet, which early copper collectors love. A PCGS FR02 of this variety sold for $168 in 2020 - but I’m definitely keeping this one raw! This is my new oldest US mint product (by a few months), my first Liberty Cap, and my second R-4 large cent. And the price was more than right! Now to find a 1794 and 1795.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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