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Images courtesy of Superior
Stamp & Coin
Known examples (2):
EF? (based on the photograph in
Breen). Ex - Morris - Brock - University of Pennsylvania - Ward -
Newman, "160 grains" Very
Good-7" (illustrated below). Ex - Superior Galleries New York ANA Sale, August 1-3,
2002, Lot 57, illustrated, where it was described as follows: "1786
Immunis Columbia/1785 Confederatio Mule. Breen-1128 Rarity-8. Very Good 7. Dark
chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are slightly rough, covered with very
fine granularity and a couple small patches of shallow verdigris, most likely
from being lost in soil for a while. The IMMUNIS COLUMBIA side is a few points
sharper than the reverse, with a strong date and complete legend. The
CONFEDERATIO side (reverse) is a bit weaker, but the date and legends are
readable. There are a few light hairline scratches on both sides, the only
notable one down through the N in CONFEDERATIO. One of only two known of this
Wyon pattern, produced to help him obtain a contract to produce our earliest
Federal coinage. (The other example is held in a museum.) Struck rotated
slightly clockwise from a head-to-head di e orientation. Weight 131.2 grains." Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter
Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins" by Walter
Breen
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