4th of July: Show Us Your Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Federal

And... I do not have any. The closest that I can come is this Spanish Dollar:


Lest anyone should suggest a "Continental Curency" in pewter or brass, they are all fake. See here:
https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n44a13.html
and here
https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n43a12.html

 

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Post colonial. 1785 Bar Copper.

 

This 1773 Virginia halfpenny is one of the very few coin types that were struck specifically for use in the colonies:

Under the Articles of Confederation, the individual states were allowed to strike their own coinages, and several did. This Massachusetts copper features a fairly well-drawn Native American and a terrible attempt at an eagle:

And the obverse of this New Jersey coin features a plow and what is either a horse's head or the Loch Ness Monster:

 

Vermont, 1786:


Massachusetts, 1788:


New York, 1787:

 

Fugios:

 

Eduard.... I believe you have too many of those!

 

George Washington, 1st President of the United States:

 

Reaching back a little.....Massachusetts 1652:

 

The first cent and half cent of the United States struck in 1793 at the mint at Philadelphia:

 

My most recent draped bust dollar.....minted the year John Adams became president....

 

Eduard is more Bloody American (than he knows) and he resides in an European compliance...

 

Happy Fourth Folks......

 

Best I can do. I really like the Bar Cent thus

 

You are right, my Friend.

I am not American, yet I feel a strong affection for this land.