1793 Liberty Cap Half Cent. Head Left. C-4. Rarity-3. VG Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). Struck in the first year of coinage operations at the Mother Mint in Philadelphia, the 1793 half cent is the only date of the Flowing Hair, Liberty Cap type with Libertys head facing to the viewers left. As such, the demand from half cent specialists and type collectors is strong for examples at all levels of preservation.