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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1208838, member: 8959&quot;]Nice Washington piece, Ryan. Congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>You seem to be building a nice colonial collection, judging also by your Elephant Tokens.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an example, similar to yours - 1791 Small eagle cent.&nbsp; According to the Bowers Encyclopedia of &#039;Colonial and Early American Coins&#039;, the small eagle cent is somewhat scarcer than the large eagle variety.&nbsp; Struck in Birgmingham, England, the book states that a cask full of these coins contaning 2500 large eagle cents and 1500 small eagle specimens were sent to Philadelphia to be distributed to legislators. Most were eventually released into circulation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As is well known, Washington himself dissaproved of coins bearing his effigy, as this &quot;has the stamp of royalty&quot; in his own words. This is a tribute to general Washington and his democratic principles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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