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The Bar Copper

Designed and engraved by: George Wyon III (English, 1744–1797)
Early American (1700–1832)
about 1785
Mint: Wyon's Mint, Birmingham, England

Medium/Technique Copper
Dimensions Diameter and weight: 25 mm, 5.41 gm (1 in., 0.19 oz.)
Credit Line Bequest of Henry G. Pickering
Accession Number26.301
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CollectionsEurope, Americas

Catalogue Raisonné Breen 1145
DescriptionObv: USA in interlocking letters on a plain field surrounded by a serrated rim
Rev: Thirteen horizontal bars surrounded by a beaded rim
Edge: plain