Years
Designer
Robert Scot after Gilbert Stuart
Composition
100% copper
Diameter
29 mm
Mass
10.89 g
Thickness
2.1 mm
Edge
Plain
Mints
Philadelphia
Metal
Copper
Design
Draped Liberty, reverse wreath. Reverse of 1796 (LIBERTY line) vs. later styles; the 1799 and 1804 are the date keys. Sheldon numbers run into the hundreds.
History
The workhorse large cent of the Adams and Jefferson years. 1799 is the rarest regular-date large cent; 1804 is the other album hole. Most surviving coins are dark and granular from poor copper. Condition census pieces with a chocolate planchet are four- and five-figure coins.
Key dates
12 issues