Thread: 1776 continental currency

This is a pewter dollar 1776 sun dial on one side and13 circles on the other side in the middle it says (we are one) around it says american congress

what is this coin worth

also on the front of the coin it says FUGIO

Depending on variety, condition & stuff could be $5,000 to $50,000 or more. That is provided it is real & not one of the many fakes.

There are many many fakes of this, a lot of them were made during the time of the Bicentennial in the USA

Depending upon when the fake was manufactured, it may even have the word copy on it. Sometimes the word is in the ring around the edge of the sundial. It can also be found in one of the rings that has the states names in them. Again, those would be made after it was required to put the word COPY on replicas. Prior to that, it was not required. see this link about the Hobby Protection Act, enacted Nov.29, 1973

http://www.grasshoppernet.com/usmexna/hobby.html
Bill

Hi guy's on a slightly different note does anyone have any links to some good pics of the Continental Curency? I would love to have a look at some as I have never seen any LOL

De Orc

Originally Posted by De Orc

Hi guy's on a slightly different note does anyone have any links to some good pics of the Continental Curency? I would love to have a look at some as I have never seen any LOL

http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_co...tal_dollar.htm
http://www.coinresource.com/guide/photograde/pg_$1Continental.htm

Thanks for those Brian very interesting read & great looking coins

De Orc

hey as u can tell im new here but i have a coin that looks like this but im unsure if its real or fake. On the coin i have i can't make out what it says on the 13 rings around the circle in the middle that says "American Congress" and "We are one". I have a slight feeling its a fake but i can't tell. I have no experience in these type coins so I must turn this over to you guys. Is there any sure fire way to determine if it is real or fake. Im a little unsure of its texture as it is incredibly smooth. And like I said earlier i can barely make out the writting on it.

Get us a picture when you can, and we can help you out a lot easier.

Rob

Ok here are some pictures. The quality on my camera isn't great but it gets the job done.









The first picture got messed up but i liked the angle and that was the best i could get.

Seems like a cast fake.

Awww don't tell me that heh. I really was hoping this was real as it would start off my collection. But if it is then it is i can't do nothing about it but i would like to find away to get one of these.

The real coin should be brown, not silver.