1778 So-Called Dollar HK-859, Continental Congress Confederation

Coin Details

Description

An all-seeing eye in the clouds sends rays down onto a flaming altar on the reverse of HK-859, and a circle of thirteen eight-pointed stars surrounds the altar, while a ribbon along the lower border reads "Confederation." The scene is taken from the forty-dollar bills of the Continental Congress, issued in 1778 and 1779. The other side is the familiar Continental Currency sundial with "Fugio" and "Mind Your Business," the same obverse found on the Dickeson copy of the Continental dollar. This is the German-silver striking, DeLorey 88, 39 mm across like the copper HK-857 that heads the group. Hibler and Kappen now place it with the Dickeson issues rather than Elder's, following DeLorey's reading of the planchets. The same dies also gave brass (HK-858), white metal (HK-860), silver (HK-860a), aluminum, lead and fiber pieces.

Cross References

HK-859; PCGS #643608