Illustrated history of the United States mint / with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present time

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Cent, 1799.

The liberty cap is omitted, as is the lettering on the edge, not to reappear on the American cent. Liberty Cap Cents are very rare.

In the year 1798 a slight change was made in the obverse of the cent, giving some of the curls a different termination from those of 1796, 1797, and the early part of 1798. The latter device was continued each year, until and including 1807. The reverse remained unchanged during the same time, excepting some slight variations, probably unintentional, if not positive mistakes. For instance, in 1797 and 1802 we find some without stems to the wreaths, and in one case only one stem. In 1801 and 1802 some have ⅟₀₀₀ instead of the fraction ⅟₁₀₀. In addition to this error, a variety of the cent of 1802 has “Iinited,” instead of “United.” In 1796 we have in one instance “Liherty,” instead of “Liberty.”