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Massachusetts Copper ("Horned" eagle)
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: Joshua Wetherle's Mint, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 29.5 mm, 9.46 gm (1 3/16 in., 0.34 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.174
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 960
DescriptionObv: COMMON / WEALTH around the Indian and star of the Massachusetts Seal, the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Rev: MASSACHUSETTS · around the eagle and shield from the Great Seal (there is a die flaw at the eagle's head that looks like a horn) with CENT on the shield and dated 1787 in the exergue, the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Edge: plain
Rev: MASSACHUSETTS · around the eagle and shield from the Great Seal (there is a die flaw at the eagle's head that looks like a horn) with CENT on the shield and dated 1787 in the exergue, the whole surrounded by a faintly serrated rim
Edge: plain