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1723 Rosa Americana 2 Pence NGC 63 BN Choice. Brown. Well struck. Pleasing surfaces. NGC has certified this single coin at this level with none finer. The Rosa Americana coins depict King George I on the obverse with the Tudor rose on the reverse. The legend displays one of several forms of the King's name and title while the reverse legend varied in several ways as ROSA AMERICANA and UTILE DULCI (the useful with the agreeable). The Latin phrase is from the Ars poetica of Horace, line 343: 'Omne tulit punctum qui misquit utile dulci' (He has won universal approval who has combined the useful with the agreeable).
2919:1001 Sep 5, 2010
1783 1C Washington Copper Unity PCGS 50 The reverse is rotated about 10% clockwise. Unity States copper cents were probably produced in England. These coins are often filed down at the rim making them rough which both obscured legends and gave the newly minted coins a worn appearance as to evade counterfeiting laws. The date on this coin, 1783, commemorates the end of the Revolutionary War rather than the date of minting.
2919:1002 Sep 5, 2010
ND Wash-Succ Medal SM, RE, Silvered PCGS 58 Success tokens appear to have been minted in brass, copper and white metal using only a single set of dies. Currently there is a controversy as to whether these tokens are associated with Washington during the second inauguration and possibly date from the period circa 1792-1795 or whether they are mid Nineteenth century gaming pieces. Artistic style would suggest they are the latter. The obverse depicts a bust right of Washington, while the reverse presents an image of the Eye of Providence with fifteen stars and long rays. The center reverse is typically softly struck and this is thought to be because of a shallow engraved die. PCGS has certified five silvered tokens at this level with a mere one finer. This encapsulation features a green CAC hologram label, indicating the coin has met CAC's grading standards.
2920:1000 Sep 6, 2010
1760 Hibernia 1/2P Voce Pop. No P NGC 30 BN By 1760 small coppers were scarce in Ireland. No royal Irish farthings had been issued since 1744 and no royal Irish halfpence since 1755. Issues of both denominations were scheduled to be minted in 1760 but apparently they did not arrive in Ireland until 1762. It has been speculated this was partly due to the death of George II in October of 1760. Under these circumstances under weight Voce Populi farthings and halfpence first appeared in Dublin. Very little is known about the origins of these coins, all of which carry the date 1760. Traditionally they have been attributed to a man named Roche who was a button maker on South King Street in Dublin. Some halfpence have the letter 'P' on the obverse. The meaning of this has not been explained.
2920:1001 Sep 6, 2010
1760 Hibernia 1/2P Voce Pop. PCGS 40 By 1760 small coppers were scarce in Ireland. No royal Irish farthings had been issued since 1744 and no royal Irish halfpence since 1755. Issues of both denominations were scheduled to be minted in 1760 but apparently they did not arrive in Ireland until 1762. It has been speculated this was partly due to the death of George II in October of 1760. Under these circumstances under weight Voce Populi farthings and halfpence first appeared in Dublin. Very little is known about the origins of these coins, all of which carry the date 1760. Traditionally they have been attributed to a man named Roche who was a button maker on South King Street in Dublin. Some halfpence have the letter 'P' on the obverse. The meaning of this has not been explained. This encapsulation features a green CAC hologram label, indicating the coin has met CAC's grading standards.
1783 Wash Draped EE Res Silver PCGS 63 Choice. Proof. Lightly toned. Medium mirror-like fields. Nicely contrasting devices. PCGS has certified five coins at this level with 13 finer.
2922:1002 Sep 8, 2010
1787 4Cinq P.R.Fugio 1C United States NGC 62 BN Nearly Choice. Brown. Well struck. Pleasing surfaces. The Continental Congress of the Confederation passed a resolution on April 21, 1787, for the contract coining of a national copper cent. About two and a half months later they agreed on a design. A resolution of July 6th stated the penny obverse would have the sun and a sundial with the legend 'FUGIO' (I fly), the date, and the legend 'MIND YOUR BUSINESS.' The reverse would contain thirteen linked circles with the legends 'WE ARE ONE' and 'UNITED STATES.' This copied the February 17, 1776, fractional currency and the 1776 Continental Currency 'Dollar'. Only about 400,000 Fugio cents were minted, which was about four tons out of the 300 tons of coppers that had been contracted for coining. These coins were sent to the U.S. Treasury on May 21, 1788. NGC has certified seven coins at this level with 15 finer.
1792 Let Edge Kentucky-Lancaster NGC 53 BN Well struck with some wear on the highest points of the devices. This undated token is thought to commemorate the admission of Kentucky to the nation, and thus is thought to have been produced around the time of admission of Kentucky as the fifteenth state in 1792 but before 1796 when Tennessee was admitted. Breen suggests the Kentucky tokens were popular and circulated throughout the American states, but gives no evidence for this statement. - Breen, pages 128-130.
2923:1000 Sep 12, 2010
1787 Fugio Cent United States 4 Cinq PCGS 0 BN This coin has been encapsulated as Genuine by PCGS. The PCGS number ending in .97 suggests Environmental Damage as the reason, or one of the reasons, that PCGS deemed this coin not gradable.
1787 Mass Cent Arrows Left PCGS 0 Bent This coin has been encapsulated as Genuine by PCGS. The PCGS number ending in .98 suggests Damage as the reason, or one of the reasons, that PCGS deemed this coin not gradable.
2923:1003 Sep 12, 2010
ND Auctori Plebis Uniface Obv NGC 35 BN Breen-1152 What is known about this unusual token, is that the obverse is quite similar to a bust left Connecticut copper, especially the 1787 coppers minted by Jarvis and Company in New Haven. Were the token to have a reverse, it would have been intended for circulation in America as the legends: AUCTORI PLEBIS (By the authority of the people) and INDEP ET LIBER (Independence and Liberty) are typically anti-royalist; however, the figure of Liberty on the reverse (not on this token) is clearly based on Seated Britannia, resting her right arm on an anchor and her left on a globe, with the crowned English lion resting at her feet. Consulted references suggest the token may be of American origin, while Breen considers it to be from Birmingham. Breen-1152.
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