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Connecticut Copper

Die sinker: Abel Buell (American, 1742–1825)
Struck by: Capt. Thomas Machin (1744/5–1816)
American Confederation Period
dated 1787, struck 1788–89
Mint: Newburgh, Machin's Mills, New York, United States

Medium/Technique Copper
Dimensions Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 7.87 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.28 oz.)
Credit Line Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury
Accession Number92.1537
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Breen 785
DescriptionObv.: AUCTORI CONNEC around bust of George l facing right, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Rev. : ETLIB INDE around liberty seated on a globe and holding an olive branch in one hand and a liberty cap on a pole in the other / 1787 in exergue, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Edge: plain