The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-01-26
|RARE silver
DOLLAR FOUND
Pattern of 1776 Made in
Birmingham, Eng.
Only Two Of These Coins Are
Known to Exist-One
Shown In Chicago.

10 Tine lmn5U-at. u GtirrnCn Cl DOM
aJhe general pubic and COLLECTORS a
salvr piece which for rariy, value
and historical worth compl lasly
eclipse the ce,abrad-d 1904 dollar, or
ind I'd any Duh r coin n the Uuated
States scliis. Even i'm sJms Respects
1t is mona iri.ontlJlrg than lJhe cxcsss-
lively rare and valuable silver patl,9kn
dollar or mark" of 1888, m'opol.d by
Rob mt Morns, the "Financiar Of die
evoluion."
This coin which Us known as The
continental currency dollar is owned
by II. o. Grslnbeng II Oshkosh, Wis,
and rapneasrts unquaa1ioCmaIb.y the
Wary first meoalic issue TO bar ahe
amp of the Umitsd S asyss,Cr Ucajte1
Co.om ,s,as the confed ration was Or
ginally known. Tn. continental dol
lar preceded by nins years thu issue
of the first r'sgularly auhcrz d ocais
of 17S7-ths Fugio or Franklin csns
and this issue of tuhe lats-r ccin ro
doubt WAS largely influenced by ,his
first dollar, for it bore It's rlncipal
fsl.ursS of d sign.
| The oontin NAL currency dollar is
about tIhc size of an ordinary SILVER
dollar and contains 1887 grains Uf eil-
Vel. On th. diverse The principal de-
sign is a sun shining ON a sun dial,
with the word "Frgio' to the l,ft.
B low ahe dial is uhe myJ,o Mind
Your Bus n,.as," saying a It,,.bul d 10
Franklin. This csntral d sign is in
CLOSED by two large circles, while
around the border in the large lstte, s
is 1he inscription "Contin-ntal Cur
renoy, 1875 On the rleverse dis a
Grc'e of thirteen links, each of which
b ans the mamie of ONE of the hhird1m
colonies. In the center is q radiation,
hich ilclost Ea double circle, in
which are words "AmGi lean Colguass.
We are one"
No finite information as TO wilare
4 the consinisI III currency Glul,ar was
made can now BE- obtained But it is
lhJught TO have b hn produced in
Birmingham, England, in which city
wire mad many Of the coins hha.
Were circulated in .ihis counhry dur
ing colon al days and kIhe nloas oi
VIII CHI ,arc how highly valu ID by col
lsctNrs.
Tn. design Of the dollar was owl
d3ri.ly suggested by uhe devices If
the first ccn imontal currency pap5-
issu s. On fhe diverse side of enc
OF chase not IS was a approximation VI
a sun as human E,tce shinng uon
a 6al, waih {he word "Fugio." jus
above was u Representative of uhe
MON ALSO face. Cline lattar how
eva, found mo plaoe in the design Of
tn silver dollar) Undaueathl the
bal was the motto MIND Your Buai-
ness" The reN.are 6esign OF .hc nUe
showed almost ths idanIcal dds.gn
borne by the continental dollar and
ssems to, have bs,n embcdl,d i'm tao.
tai dollars are new known, and MOI
only walle thale various designs show
ing tnfling diffuGt noas, but uhy Dc--
cur i'm different ma als-sllver, brass
and white metal. The rarast OF the
sanies, the ONE OWNED by MIR. Gunn-
berg, shows marked diffensnoss from
some of the oah,us. UndHrnlaath the
dial and above the mo- TO is inscr,lbsd
in small heIters "E. G. Necit" "E. c.
are supposed to have ba m THE tmibials
of tn eangravar of the dies.
From that can he loarmad dhene ane
only two specimens of the above dol
Lar known i'm sllvor-sdhe ONE ownsd
by MIR. Grangerg and another said tO
be In the collscuiOn of am sastarn his
torical society. The variety is also
known In brass and white matal. The
specimens In the latter 1.-TWO nna.als
are also rare and held at pramium
Tho one tn brass is much raI,er than
that i'm whits matal.
The next rarest Variety of the con
tinental currancy dollar is of similar
design ito that mentioned above, but
the erlgraMer i'm cuhting THE dies nlads
am error dn spalling currency" with
ONE ''r." A stmilar specimen. show
ing this error. and the only one knowa
In THE mabal was formerly In the COL
lachiom OF john G. Mills of Albany.
whose coAlection was sold In 1904. The
coin at THAT thine broght. $500. Since
that time the values Of colonial coins
particulaasly have uiasn onOrmousl,
and that dollar would now bring a
Very much hdsher tigurs u offsred fog
| sale. .s.
The design showing the error was
! also struok In brass and white metal