1793 LIBERTY CAP LEFT HALF CENT UNC ELECTROTYPE Start Price USD 750.00 Current Price USD 750.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 Location Traverse City, MI See more about '1793 LIBERTY CAP LEFT HALF CENT UNC ELECTROTYPE' Description YOU ARE BIDDING ON A 1793 ELECTROTYPE HALF CENT THAT I GRADE UNCIRCULATED. IV'E BEEN COLLECTING FOR 59 YEARS AND I HAVE OWNED THIS COIN SINCE 1974.WHY DO I THINK THE COIN IS UNCURCILATED, WELL ELECTROTYPES WERE MADE IN THE LATE 19TH  CENTURY FOR COLLECTORS THAT WANTED TO RESEARCH COINS IN THE PRIVICY OF THEIR OWN HOME OR WERE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THE ORIGINALS.  ALMOST ALL ARE UNCIRCULATED, BECAUSE THEY WERE KEPT BY COLLECTORS AND WERE NOT MADE TO DECEIVE, THEREFOR THEY DID NOT CIRCULATE. THEY WERE MADE 100 OR SO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINALS BECAUSE IT TOOK A BATTERY TO COPPER PLATE THE COIN AND THE BATTERY WAS NOT INVENTED UNTIL 1868. THEY WERE MADE FROM AU TO UNC EXAMPLES OF THE ORIGINALS.  I WOULD HOPE THAT A TRUE COLLECTOR WILL PURCHASE IT AND TREAT IT AS IT WAS INTENDED,"TO BE ENJOYED" . HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL ME. HAVE FUN COLLECTING....DENNIS   PS. THIS IS A C-2 VARITY. ONE IS BEING SOLD IN THE IRA & LARRY GOLDBERG AUCTION OF THE TED NAFTZGER COLLECTION THIS SEPTEMBER 14TH. SEE COIN WORLD ADVERTISING. Place a Bid!