1 New York Copper Pattern, United States, 1787
date: label: Date made
content: 1787
notes: label: Description
content: Produced at a private mint, either in New York City or Rahway Mills, New Jersey.
label: Description
content: In common with several other states (who enjoyed the power to coin or circulate money under the Articles of Confederation, then still in force) New York mulled over the idea of a contract coinage. One of the prominent players was James F. Atlee, who created this pattern for his friend Thomas Machin. The latter was in hot pursuit of a contract to strike copper coinage for the state of New York. Machin did not receive the contract. However, he and his friend Atlee soon established a clandestine coining operation near Newburgh, New York. A dozen or so patterns are all that remain from the original idea.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States: New York
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.82.48.46
label: accession number
content: 1982.0798
label: catalog number
content: 82.48.46
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: 20 mm x 27.8 mm; 25/32 in x 1 3/32 in