1787 BRASHER "HALF DOUBLOON"Variety:
Breen 984
Mintage: Unrecorded, only one
known!
Designer: Ephraim Brasher
Engraver: Ephraim Brasher
Diameter:
Metal Content:
Gold, fineness unknown
Weight: reported to be 204
grains
Edge:
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Images courtesy of the National
Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution
Notes:
ex David Proskey - Boyd - Colonel Green - Frank Smith - Major Ball -
Josiah K. Lilly - Smithsonian Institution. This unique gold coin was
discovered circa 1928 by an unidentified lady in an accumulation of
coins. At first glance, the edges appear to have been
"clipped" to remove some of the gold metal, but according to
Breen, the planchet is thinner, the edge is normal and the weight is
approximately half that of the "doubloons".
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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