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"Kentucky" Cent or Token (Starry Pyramid Halfpence)
Designed and engraved by: John Gregory Hancock, Sr. (English, about 1775–1815)
Early American (1700–1832)
1792–94
Mint: Westwood's Mint, Birmingham, England
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 29 mm, 11.95 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.42 oz.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Henry G. Pickering
Accession Number26.298
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ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 1156
DescriptionObv: UNANIMITY IS THE STRENGTH OF SOCIETY (rosette) around a hand holding an open scroll that reads OUR / CAUSE / IS / JUST
Rev: E PLURIBUS UNUM (rosette) around a pyramid of fifteen stars each marked with the abbreviation of a state (Kentucky is at the top) and linked together by tiny circles, each side of the pyramid has three groups of rays
Edge: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL
Rev: E PLURIBUS UNUM (rosette) around a pyramid of fifteen stars each marked with the abbreviation of a state (Kentucky is at the top) and linked together by tiny circles, each side of the pyramid has three groups of rays
Edge: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL