1 Cent "Draped Bust Cent" · “Draped Bust Cent”

The Draped Bust Cent (1796–1807)

In 1796 the United States Mint gave its lowest coin a new face: a softer, more graceful Liberty draped at the shoulder. Over the next eleven years it struck more than sixteen million of these large copper cents. Two dates — 1799 and 1804 — became some of the most famous rarities in all of American coinage.