1776 So-Called Dollar HK-855, Continental Dollar Pewter - Restrike of 1876

Coin Details

Description

Pewter is the metal of HK-855, though Hibler and Kappen note that some references call it tin; the planchet is roughly 4 mm thick. It belongs to the set of strikings Professor Montroville Wilson Dickeson made of the Continental dollar as souvenirs of the 1876 Centennial Exposition. The original of 1776 was engraved by the New York engraver Elisha Gallaudet, and some original pieces are signed "E.G. FECIT." Gallaudet's designs borrowed from the Continental Currency fractional notes of February 1776: the sundial and "Fugio" vignette for the obverse, with "Mind Your Business" underneath, and the chain of thirteen states for the reverse. Dickeson's copy dies, which Thomas L. Elder later acquired in part or whole, produced silver (HK-852), copper (HK-853), white metal (HK-854) and lead (HK-856) pieces as well as this pewter one.

Cross References

HK-855; PCGS #643601