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New Jersey Copper (running fox or horse)
Designed and engraved by: Walter Mould (American)
After: George Wyon III (English, 1744–1797)
and: Thomas Wyon (English, born in 1767)
Struck by: John Bailey (1751–1823)
and: Ephraim Brasher (American, 1744–1810)
After: George Wyon III (English, 1744–1797)
and: Thomas Wyon (English, born in 1767)
Struck by: John Bailey (1751–1823)
and: Ephraim Brasher (American, 1744–1810)
American Confederation Period
1788
Mint: Bailey's Mint, New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 9.09 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.32 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.201
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 953
DescriptionObv: (rosette) NOVA (rosette) CAESAREA (rosette) around a horse's head facing right with a plow below and the date 1788 at the bottom (the horse shows evidence of advanced die failure), the whole surrounded by a faintly beaded rim
Rev: (rosette) (small running fox or horse) E (rosette) PLURIBUS (rosette) UNUM (rosette) around a shield with two small leaves below, the whole surrounded by a plain rim
Edge: plain
There is a large curved impression going from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock on the obverse and 7 o'clock to 11 o'clock on the reverse.
Rev: (rosette) (small running fox or horse) E (rosette) PLURIBUS (rosette) UNUM (rosette) around a shield with two small leaves below, the whole surrounded by a plain rim
Edge: plain
There is a large curved impression going from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock on the obverse and 7 o'clock to 11 o'clock on the reverse.