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Rosa Americana
Designer: William Wood (English, 1769–1810)
British Royal Patent Issue
1722
Place of Use: American Colonies; Mint: London or Bristol, England
Medium/Technique
Brass composition or bath metal
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 32 mm, 15.33 gm (1 1/4 in., 0.54 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.4962
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 89
DescriptionThis is a rare example of the 1722 twopence with the pellet after the X.
Obv: GEORGIUS·D:G:MAG:BRI:FRA:ET·HIB:REX· around a portrait bust of George I facing right
Rev: ·ROSA·AMERICANA·1722· around an open rose head with UTILE·DULCI inside a ribbon below
Edge: plain
Obv: GEORGIUS·D:G:MAG:BRI:FRA:ET·HIB:REX· around a portrait bust of George I facing right
Rev: ·ROSA·AMERICANA·1722· around an open rose head with UTILE·DULCI inside a ribbon below
Edge: plain