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Continental Dollar Pattern (EG FECIT)
Designed by: Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706–1790)
and: David Rittenhouse (American, 1732–1796)
and Possibly: Francis Hopkinson (American, 1737–1791)
Engraved by: Elisha Gallaudet (American, about 1730–1805)
and: David Rittenhouse (American, 1732–1796)
and Possibly: Francis Hopkinson (American, 1737–1791)
Engraved by: Elisha Gallaudet (American, about 1730–1805)
American Confederation Period
1776
Mint: Freehold, New Jersey, United States
Medium/Technique
Pewter
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 40 mm, 16.62 gm (1 9/16 in., 0.59 oz.)
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1156
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 1095
DescriptionObv: CONTINENTAL CURRENCY / 1776 around a circle containing FUGIO / EG FECIT and the sun with rays, enclosing another circle containing a sun dial and MIND YOUR / BUSINESS, the whoe surrounded by a beaded rim
Rev: Thirteen linked rings each naming one of the colonies and enclosing a circle with rays which contains AMERICAN CONGRESS around another circle contianing WE / ARE / ONE, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Edge: marked with a pattern of leaves
Rev: Thirteen linked rings each naming one of the colonies and enclosing a circle with rays which contains AMERICAN CONGRESS around another circle contianing WE / ARE / ONE, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Edge: marked with a pattern of leaves
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.