Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . e pieces beingthe gold Brashers Doubloon, a beautiful andartistic coin, the work of Ephraim Brasher,whose initials e b are stamped on the wing ofthe eagle upon the obverse side. The most in-teresting and perhaps earliest piece struck forNew York, is a rude copper, bearing on obversean eagle resting on a branch of a tree, aroundthis the legend, new yorke in , a group of trees, and a partly nudeIndian with a bow and arrow in the left piece is not fully authenticated; but as ithas been found
Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . e pieces beingthe gold Brashers Doubloon, a beautiful andartistic coin, the work of Ephraim Brasher,whose initials e b are stamped on the wing ofthe eagle upon the obverse side. The most in-teresting and perhaps earliest piece struck forNew York, is a rude copper, bearing on obversean eagle resting on a branch of a tree, aroundthis the legend, new yorke in , a group of trees, and a partly nudeIndian with a bow and arrow in the left piece is not fully authenticated; but as ithas been found under circumstances that wouldshow originality, it is accepted as a New Yorktoken, struck in copper and brass. The ficti-tious value of the various New York pieceswould puzzle a coin dealer, but might be givenpretty nearly as follows : New York silver pieces 1785 and 86, $20 to $75. copper « 1783 85, 25c, $2. 1786 87, of the rar-est class, range from $10 to $150. New York, or Nova Eboracs of 1787, 25c. to $5. Nova Constellatios of 1783 and85, 25c. to $3, RARE AMERICAN
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