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Flowing Hair Large Cent (1793)

Designer:	Henry Voigt
Mints:	Philadelphia
Weight:	13.48 grams
Composition:	copper
Diameter:	26-27mm
Edge Type:	Bars and slender vine with leaves
Interesting Tidbits:	Initially there was a law declaring that the cent had to weigh twice as much as a half cent, which is why the cent was so large. This is the chain variety.