1 Continental Dollar, United States, 1776
date: label: Date made
content: 1776
notes: label: Description
content: Continental Dollar coins never circulated, as sufficient silver for production could not be obtained. This specimen, featuring a design by Benjamin Franklin, was struck in pewter as a test piece. It is thought that this and similar tests were struck by Elisha Gallaudet, a New York engraver, using a makeshift private mint in Freehold, New Jersey. The small holes in this example are likely the result of its use as jewelry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.0009
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0009
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (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: 39 mm; x 1 9/16 in