Happy 4th of July, Lets see a 1776...

To all of my fellow Americans. I'd like to wish each and everyone a Happy 4th of July. Please post a numismatic item which would have circulated during this period.

Take Care and Happy 4th of July
Ben

 

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Sorry....haven't progressed that far yet. Maybe someday...Happy 4th Ben.

 

Oh....nice coin.

 

Nice one Ben.
How about this one? I rarely take it out.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/scan0012-1.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/scan0013-3.jpg




clembo

 

I have some Colonials posted in other threads, but not handy to take pics today.

Happy Birthday America !!!!

PS, Enjoy your weekend with the BHNC as well Ben !

 

Oh Clembo, that is SWEET -- 1776 WOW. I'm surprised you haven't been approached by a museum...

 

Hope that you all have a great and safe day :hail:

 

Here are my contributions to this thread:

Pre-1776:














And here are a couple of Independence Commemoratives:








Ribbit

 

Thank You Steve, hopefully this evening or in the morn, there will be some 'FireWorks" pictures which I can post.

Take Care Mate
Ben

 

Dang! My oldest is only from 1783
Guy~

 

Here are a couple more Bicentennial Postal Issues.

 

here we go

 

Ben, I don't one from the time but I hope this will Help.

1776 was a momentous year for the thirteen American Colonies. On July 4 of that year, delegates to the Continental Congress signed a Declaration of Independence, sending notice to England and the rest of the world that the Colonies would submit no longer to outside governance and interference. In recognition of the solidarity of the Colonies and their assumption of the right as a sovereign entity to coin their own monies, plans were made to issue a Silver Dollar. Patterns, using designs provided by Benjamin Franklin, were struck in Pewter, Brass, and Silver.

The denticles below the date on some of the "CURRENCY" varieties (and perhaps others) show a curious "shearing" effect where they are only partially attached to the coin (for example, see Superior Galleries 5/2001:1009). Sometimes the loose segments will actually shift out of position, creating the impression that a drunken engraver created the die. ​

[SIZE=+2]1776 CONTINENTAL DOLLARS[/SIZE]



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Cheryl - I don't think the above "dollar" was circulated during 1776, but it certainly is a neat coin reflecting the period.

"Unfortunately little is known about the important and captivating coin called the Continental Dollar. The denomination of the coin is unknown, but Newman has surmised the value to be a dollar. The first four emissions of Continental paper currency from May 10, 1775, through May 6, 1776, included a dollar bill, but the one dollar denomination was missing from the next six emissions and does not reappear until the last regular emission of Continental paper currency from January 14, 1779. It is thought that this Continental coin was meant to replace the paper dollar in these emissions. Also, the coin was made to be about the same size as the Spanish milled dollar and, like the Spanish coin, had an edge design. However who authorized or minted the coins is unknown."

"Interestingly, there are no records of this coin in the actions of the Continental Congress, although other coinage concerns were recorded. On April 19, 1776 the Congress appointed a committee to determine the value of several foreign coins in relation to the Spanish dollar and on February 20, 1777 a congressional treasury committee recommended a mint be established, but nothing further was done on this matter. To date there is no evidence the Continental Currency coins were authorized or issued by the Continental Congress. Indeed, Robert Morris, the Superintendant of Finance during the Confederation period, appears not to have known of the Continental Dollars as he called his 1783 Nova Constellation patterns the first that were, "struck as an American Coin." (Morris, Diary for April 2, 1783)."

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CC-Dollar.intro.html

 

I love it ! "Tis death to counterfeit". Let that be a warning to certain e-bayers !!!

Above all..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA !!!!!

:smile -- :high5: -- :smile -- :high5: -- :smile

 

Catbert, http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/continental_dollars/1776_continental_dollar.htm

 

Excerpt from here:

"Elisha Gallaudet, a New York engraver, was the person responsible for translating Franklin's concepts into metal. It is thought that he struck the coins at a makeshift private mint in Freehold, New Jersey. Earlier issues of Continental currency had included a bill worth a dollar. This practice was suspended in the spring of 1776, apparently because the Congress intended for a new, one-dollar coin to take its place."

The Fugio Dollar was never authorized to be minted so it would have to be considered a privately minted coin. But it is still considered colonial coinage.

Ribbit

 

Happy 4th of July. I didnot have a coin from the1776 I replaced it with one to celebate this day. In return I had a good history lesson, thank you. Cheryl

 

Nice coins and history all!!

 

:hail::mouth::smile:smile:smile Thank you . You made my day.