1 Cent New Hampshire Copper Pattern, United States, 1776
date: label: Date made
content: 1776
name: label: engraver
content: Moulton, William
label: designer
content: Moulton, William
notes: label: Description
content: Produced at William Moulton's private mint. Obverse: Pine tree; legend AMERICAN – LIBERTY. Reverse: Harp; 1776 at lower right. These coppers were cast by William Moulton on behalf of the state of New Hampshire. It has been estimated that between four and five thousand were manufactured. Eight or nine are currently known.
label: Description
content: The pine tree may refer to the New Hampshire's immense forests. The reverse harp picks up on a device used on some Continental Currency, suggesting a harmony of interests between major strings and minor ones, large states and small ones.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Hampshire
label: province
content: United States: New Hampshire
label: country
content: United States
label: political area
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
publisher: 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: Emery May Holden Norweb
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.82.48.39
label: accession number
content: 1982.0798
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0798.0039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 mm; 1 3/32 in