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Massachusetts Copper
Designed and engraved by: Joseph Callender (American, 1751–1821)
and: Jacob Perkins (1766–1849)
Struck by: Joshua Wetherle
and: Jacob Perkins (1766–1849)
Struck by: Joshua Wetherle
American Confederation Period
1787
Mint: Joshua Wetherle's Mint, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 24.5 mm, 4.79 gm (15/16 in., 0.17 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.189
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 966
DescriptionObv: COMMON / WEALTH around the Indian and star of the Massachusetts Seal (the feather tip of the arrow is between the W and the E), the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Rev: MASSACHUSETTS · in thick letters around the eagle and shield from the Great Seal with the inscription worn off of the shield and dated 1787 (wide date) in the exergue, the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Edge: plain
Rev: MASSACHUSETTS · in thick letters around the eagle and shield from the Great Seal with the inscription worn off of the shield and dated 1787 (wide date) in the exergue, the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Edge: plain