1796-1807 Draped Bust - More Details
The Draped Bust obverse appeared first in the 1795 silver dollar. The rarest dates of this series are 1799 and 1804. However, the Draped Bust Cent offers the avid numismatist an even rarer challenge. Many die varieties were used in production, including the blundered die that read 1/000. To find one of these would be truly special and worth as much in conversation as it is in value.
Patterned after a proposal of artist Gilbert Stuart, and translated into the coinage medium by Robert Scot, the style features Miss Liberty with flowing hair, a ribbon behind her head, and drapery covering her plunging neckline. LIBERTY is above, and the date is below. The reverse is similar to the preceding design and consists of an open wreath enclosing ONE CENT with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the fraction 1/100 surrounding. Denticles are around the border, although on some varieties they are not particularly well defined.
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