Unique Pewter 1776 Continental Dollar Discovered By Heritage - Page 2

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scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 12/11/2014 08:39 am Wow that is huge find and news...thanks for posting bobby. Report this Post to the Staff
pdscoins New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 12/11/2014 3:17 pm Hmmm, wonder how much that will go for? Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 12/11/2014 5:47 pm These were always out of my price range even in the good old days and therefore never analyzed any but they probably have antimony, copper and/or bismuth with the high tin to harden the metal for striking/circulation. I see antimony common with many so-called tin metals. All these three elements: Sb,Cu and Bi have this hardening properties with pewter. John Lorenzo Numismatist United States Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 12/12/2014 3:33 pm Very cool! Quote: Notice of an official coinage appeared in the June 27, 1776 issue of the New York Journal Not sure if the above is correct. Eric P Newman & Maureen Levine write the following in the July 2014 edition of The Numismatist: "To date, no official resolutions or records regarding its [Continental Dollar's] authorization or minting have been discovered....The words 'pewter dollars' in "The Congratulation" [a poem] by Loyalist poet Jonathan Odell, represent the earliest printed mention of the 1776 Continental Dollar... published November 6, 1779, in New York's Royal Gazette." Edited by TJsCoins 12/12/2014 3:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/12/2014 3:41 pm Quote: I am eager for a brief education here. When they attribute a coin to a certain die, am I wrong in thinking that of someone made a copy of an actual coin that it would have the same die attributes as the original? Yes, you're exactly right. However, the die features involved don't lend themselves well to duplication. Too small - little die scratches, cracks, doubling, things like that. They're usually easy to catch if you have the counterfeit in-hand. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 05:25 am Quote: Notice of an official coinage appeared in the June 27, 1776 issue of the New York Journal It would be important to know exactly what the notice said. As far as I know there is nothing offical in any government records. And the New York Journal would have to describe the coinage. It might be referring to something else. Report this Post to the Staff
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