1787 BRASHER "DOUBLOON"
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"EB" Hallmark on ShieldVariety:
Breen 982, Rulau-E NY 82A
Mintage: Unrecorded, only one
known!
Designer: Ephraim Brasher
Engraver: Ephraim Brasher
Diameter: 30 mm
Metal Content:
Gold, fineness unknown
Weight: 411.5 grains
Edge:
Notes:
This is the only example known with the "EB" hallmark punched
over the shield on the eagle's breast. ex Charles Ira Bushnell -
Bowers & Ruddy Galleries "Garrett, Part IV" March 25-26,
1981, Lot 2340, "VF" at $625,000 - reportedly sold in late 1994
for $900,000.
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of United
States and Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
"Standard Catalog of
United States Tokens 1700-1900" by Russell Rulau
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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
NGC EF-45 (illustrated
above). Bushnell - Garrett - HNAI 1/05 FUN Sale
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