1785 "IMMUNE COLUMBIA" Obverse / "NOVA CONSTELLATIO" Reverse in Silver

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1785 IMMUNE COLUMBIA / NOVA CONSTELLATIO
No Star Between CONSTELLATIO and NOVA

785 "IMMUNE COLUMBIA" Obverse / "NOVA CONSTELLATIO" Reverse in Silver
Images courtesy of the Durham Western Heritage Museum

The 1785 Immune Columbia is a precursor to the extensive Nova Constellatio copper coinage of the same year. This conclusion is based on the fact that this reverse is shared with a 1785 Nova Constellatio copper (Crosby 3-B). When paired with the Immune Columbia obverse, this reverse shows an early state of the dies, without the heavy die rust seen on the Nova Constellatio Copper.

This rare die variety is found in both copper and silver versions. Two of the silver versions are known with a plain edge; others are known with a diagonally reeded edge.

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