This key date 1799 cent has much to recommend it to budget minded collectors. Wear is commensurate with the grade, and axial misalignment of the dies explains the typical softness at lower obverse and upper reverse borders. The date is fully legible, if incomplete at bottom, and the legend on the reverse is legible, if weak in areas. Other design elements are bold for the grade. Medium copper brown in color, the surfaces are microscopically rough and granular, but no sizeable marks are seen.