1785 1/2P Inimica Tyrannis - Small Stars Half Penny

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This 1785 copper pairs the CONFEDERATIO die with small stars and the INIMICA TYRANNIS AMERICANA reverse. The CONFEDERATIO dies of 1785 show thirteen stars in a glory, in a large or a small circle, and were paired with several other dies: INIMICA TYRANNIS AMERICA or AMERICANA with an Indian, GEN. WASHINGTON, LIBERTAS ET JUSTITIA, an eagle with E PLURIBUS UNUM, IMMUNIS COLUMBIA and a shield. Crosby believed Thomas Wyon of Birmingham cut the dies and that some were proposals for state or national coppers. Crosby describes an Indian beside an altar with his foot on a crown, a bow and an arrow, and records this pairing as the only one of the group he had seen twice. PCGS number 846.