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New York Copper (George Clinton)
Designed and engraved by: James Falconer Atlee (American (born in England), 1762–1840)
Struck by: Capt. Thomas Machin (1744/5–1816)
Struck by: Capt. Thomas Machin (1744/5–1816)
American Confederation Period
1787
Object Place: New York or Rahway Mills Mint, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 27 mm, 9.4 gm (1 1/16 in., 0.33 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.204
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 989 (or copy)
DescriptionObv: GEORGE * CLINTON * around a bust of Clinton facing right, the whole surrounded by a beaded circle and a plain rim
Rev: The Seal of New York, Justice at left and Liberty at right of an oval depcting sun, mountains and water, surmounted by an eagle, dated 1787 below and EXCELSIOR (curved) at bottom, the whoel surrounded by a beaded circle and a plain rim.
Edge: plain
Rev: The Seal of New York, Justice at left and Liberty at right of an oval depcting sun, mountains and water, surmounted by an eagle, dated 1787 below and EXCELSIOR (curved) at bottom, the whoel surrounded by a beaded circle and a plain rim.
Edge: plain