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New Jersey Copper
Designed by: Walter Mould (American)
After: George Wyon III (English, 1744–1797)
and: Thomas Wyon (English, born in 1767)
Struck by: Matthias Ogden
After: George Wyon III (English, 1744–1797)
and: Thomas Wyon (English, born in 1767)
Struck by: Matthias Ogden
American Confederation Period
dated 1787, struck in 1788
Mint: Matthias Ogden's Mint, Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper, struck on a crude planchet
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 29 mm, 9.82 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.35 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number64.91
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 919
DescriptionObv: NOVA CAESAREA around a horse's head facing right with a plow below and the date 1786 at the bottom (the horse has the "goiter" below the chin), the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Rev: * E * PLURIBUS * UNUM * around a small shield with a low chief point, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Edge: plain
Rev: * E * PLURIBUS * UNUM * around a small shield with a low chief point, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Edge: plain