1797 Liberty Cap Half Cent. C-2. Rarity-3. Plain Edge--Overstruck on a Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent--VF-25 (PCGS).Really a pleasing example of both the type and die marriage, both sides are originally preserved in a blend of steel-brown and golden-copper. The surfaces are hard and tight with only wispy handling marks that are easily overlooked by the unaided eye. Well struck, if slightly off center on the obverse, mentionable softness of detail is confined to the lower right reverse border where no denticulation is present. Closer inspection with a loupe reveals faint remnants of the undertype here and there around the peripheries.
