Brasher Half Doubloon, United States, 1787
date: label: date made
content: 1787
name: label: obverse designer
content: Ephraim Brasher
label: reverse designer
content: Ephraim Brasher
label: obverse engraver
content: Ephraim Brasher
label: reverse engraver
content: Ephraim Brasher
notes: label: Description
content: Produced by Ephraim Brasher in New York City. Obverse: Sun rising over mountains; BRASHER below. Reverse: Crude eagle within continuous wreath; EB countermark on eagle's wing. Its existence apparently unknown until the beginning of the twentieth century, this unique coin was struck with the same pair of dies used to create the Brasher Doubloon.
label: Description
content: Ephraim Brasher was a goldsmith, and his EB countermark also appeared on foreign gold coins of the day. It proclaimed that he had tested or assayed them and stood behind them.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.1111
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.1111
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
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: 1 mm x 2.66 cm; 1/32 in x 1 1/16 in