My question partially centers itself around the actual and possible historical significance of 'design' prototypes for the above coin:
We're going to need some real history gurus on this one since the well is about dry on my end. I am only capable of formulating these confusing questions based upon realistic possible courses of action of the founders.
The only details I think I know are that the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 signified the 'true end' of the American Revolution although the Declaration of Independence was actually signed in 1776, a seemingly distant seven years earlier?
Let's just do a 'what if' scenario. Do you think that the actual obverse and reverse designs of this 1787 CT. copper token would have changed somewhat if the final signing date of the Treaty of Paris was 1787 instead of its actual signing date of 1783?
In other words because of the rapidly changing and dynamic conditions at that time in American history could there have been a more representative obverse bust figure, a changed reverse globe sitter or even something completely unheard of on this 1787 token considering this alternately-proposed treaty signing date of 1787?
Remember, nothing is ever gospel until the 'ink is dry', there could always have been a lot of shuffling around with an extra five years of uncertainty...
I personally am unaware of the contenders duking it out at that time but one can just imagine the chess game being played out in the late 1700s and how the end results could have dictated a vastly different token resulting from a treaty not being signed for an additional 5 years...
My question is really only speculative in nature and just an attempt to further understand and clarify the significance of this coin considerate of the contending civil factions existent at that time.
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