1775 So-Called Dollar HK-865b, Continental-Eagle & Heron Dollar

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Description

Professor Dickeson's eagle and heron die, copied from the Continental three-dollar note of 1775-1777, was a versatile one, and Hibler and Kappen record it with four different partners. HK-865b is the copper striking of the pairing with the November 29th reverse, DeLorey Dickeson 7, made in the same 39 mm size as the white metal HK-865. On it the eagle seizes the heron inside a circle, with the Latin motto meaning the end is in doubt around the border; the reverse states "3.000.000" as the "Whole Amount" of Continental currency issued, dated 1775. Other pairings put the eagle with the chain of states (HK-864), the May 10th reverse (HK-865a, HK-865c), the beaver (HK-865d) and the Confederation altar (HK-866c). DeLorey's 1980 work moved all of them from Thomas L. Elder's name to Dickeson's.

Cross References

HK-865b; PCGS #643636