1 New Jersey Cent, 1786
date: label: Date made
content: 1786
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) New Jersey copper coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1786
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Horse head above plow.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: NOVA CAESAREA / 1786
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Shield.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Description
content: In the earliest years of the United States, it was common practice for each state to issue its own coins. From 1786 to 1788, New Jersey issued copper cents bearing a shield design similar to that seen on cents made today. This series of New Jersey cents are the first coins known to carry the nation’s motto – E Pluribus Unum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey
label: place of issue
content: United States: New Jersey
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Theodore L. Craige
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.70.12.09
label: accession number
content: 287557
label: catalog number
content: 70.12.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 mm; x 1 1/8 in