Set report · United States · Half Cents & Cents
Draped Bust Cent: Who Owns What
How often each Draped Bust Cent coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 408 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Draped Bust Cent catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796 | — | 143 | 35% | Uncommon |
| 1796 Reverse of 1794 | 363,375 | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1796 'LIHERTY' (Error) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1796 Reverse of 1795 (Variety) | — | 10 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1796 Reverse of 1797 (Variety) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1796 Stemless Reverse (Variety) | — | 8 | 2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1797 | — | 148 | 36.3% | Uncommon |
| 1797 1797 Reverse No Stems (Variety) | — | 9 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1797 1797 Reverse With Stems (Variety) | — | 11 | 2.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1797 Plain Edge, 1795-Style Reverse (Variety) | — | 9 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1798 | — | 200 | 49% | Common |
| 1798 8 Over 7 (Error) | — | 8 | 2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1798 Reverse of 1796 (Variety) | — | 8 | 2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1798 Style 2 Hair (Variety) | — | 16 | 3.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1799 | 904,565 | 109 | 26.7% | Uncommon |
| 1799 9 Over 8 (Error) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1800 | 2,822,175 | 178 | 43.6% | Common |
| 1800 1800 Over 1798, Style 1 Hair (Error) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1800 80 Over 79, Style 2 Hair (Error) | — | 10 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1801 | 1,362,837 | 167 | 40.9% | Common |
| 1801 1 000, One Stem, IINTED (Error) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1801 1 100 Over 1 000 (Error) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1801 Fraction 1 000 (Error) | — | 7 | 1.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1802 | 3,435,100 | 183 | 44.9% | Common |
| 1802 Fraction 1 000 (Error) | — | 10 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1802 Stemless Wreath (Variety) | — | 11 | 2.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1803 | — | 204 | 50% | Common |
| 1803 Small Date, Small Fraction | 3,131,691 | 18 | 4.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1803 1 100 Over 1 1000 (Error) | — | 8 | 2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1803 Large Date, Large Fraction (Variety) | — | 13 | 3.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1803 Large Date, Small Fraction (Variety) | — | 10 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1803 Small Date, Large Fraction (Variety) | — | 22 | 5.4% | Very scarce |
| 1803 Stemless Wreath (Variety) | — | 10 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1804 | 96,500 | 134 | 32.8% | Uncommon |
| 1804 Private Restrike (Variety) | — | 8 | 2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1805 | 941,116 | 138 | 33.8% | Uncommon |
| 1806 | 348,000 | 132 | 32.4% | Uncommon |
| 1807 | — | 160 | 39.2% | Common |
| 1807 Large 1807, 7 Over 6, Pointed 1 (Error) | — | 14 | 3.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1807 'Comet' (Variety) | — | 16 | 3.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1807 Large Fraction (Variety) | — | 13 | 3.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1807 Small Fraction (Variety) | — | 13 | 3.2% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.