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1787 BRASHER "DOUBLOON"
The National Numismatic Collection Specimen

1787 Brasher Doubloon Obverse       1787 Brasher Doubloon Reverse

1787 Brasher Doubloon
Images courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution

Weight - 406.8 grains

Known history:

Mint Cabinet (presumably pulled from bullion deposits in the early 1800's by Adam Eckfeldt) - National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution.

Source: Breen, Walter, "Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Coins", copyright 1988 by F.C.I. Press, New York, NY, pp. 92-93

 

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