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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: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 24 mm, 5.17 gm (15/16 in., 0.18 oz.)
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1153
NOT ON VIEW
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 below the W), the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Rev: MASSACHUSETTS · in thick letters around the eagle and shield from the Great Seal with HALF / CENT on 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 HALF / CENT on the shield and dated 1787 (wide date) in the exergue, the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Edge: plain
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.