Copper Coin of Connecticut, Machin's Mills, 1788. 2005.37.1207

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Obverse: ★ AUCTORI. \ CONNEC ★ - Mailed bust right

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Reverse: INDE ✶ ET ✶ \ LIB ✶ - Seated liberty left, holding frond in right hand and spear with cap in left hand

Physical Description

Axis: 5
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 5.56
- Diameter (in mm): 27.5
Shape: Round

Typological Description

Object Type: Coin
Date: 1788
Date on Object
- Date: 1788
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Copper
Authority
- Issuer: Connecticut
- Maker: Machin, Thomas
Geographic
- Mint: Machin's Mills
- Region: United States
- Region: Connecticut
Edge
- Description: Plain

References

Reference: Miller 2-D
Reference: Breen 857
Reference: Whitman 4405

Administrative History

Identifier: 2005.37.1207
Department: North American
Collection: American Numismatic Society
ImageSponsor: Sydney F. Martin and Roger S. Siboni
Provenance
- Colonial Newsletter Foundation; ex Barnsley

Subjects

Series: Connecticut

Notes

CNLF 7065

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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