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Name or Denominations
100 Units = 10 Cents (0.1)
Issuer
United States (pre-federal and private/territorial) (US territories United States)
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
1783
Currency
Dollar
Shape
Round
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
1.79 g
Diameter
18 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Copper
Shape
Round
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Milled
Front design
Wreath with value and 'US' inside. Legend around.
Back design
Pointed rays emanating from the Eye of Providence (all-seeing eye of God) surrounded by a circle (constellation) of thirteen stars representing the original 13 colonies.
Year of Minting
1783
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
Obverse: LIBERTAS • JUSTITIA • J783 • U.S 100 Reverse: NOVA • CONSTELLATIO •
Context
There are three surviving examples of the 100 unit silver cent. Two examples have the twin olive leaf edge design while the third example has a plain edge. One of the leaf edge examples was acquired by John Ford from the Garrett sale. The Ford example weighs 27.7 grains according to the Garrett catalog and 27.75 according to Breen with a diameter of 18 mm; it is illustrated in the Garrett sale catalog as item 619. According to Breen this coin can be traced from the London pawnbroker T.F. Cloud to L.E. Shorthouse, Lorin Parmelee, Henry Chapman, James W. Ellsworth, Knoedler Galleries, Wayte Raymond and then to John W. Garrett. The other specimen is first recorded in an Edinburgh coin auction from October 21-22, 1884 conducted by T. Chapman of the collection of William Taap and several other cabinets, as is related by Richard Margolis in the Colonial Newsletter. Apparently the item was uncovered in a London pawn shop in the 1980's and most recently was sold at auction by Stack's (May 1, 1991, Richard Picker sale, lot 112). According to Breen the unique plain edge 100 unit cent weighs 26 grains with a diameter of 18 mm. The early provenance of this item is unknown, during the late Nineteenth century it was owned by J.G. Murdoch, whose collection was sold by Sotheby's in 1903. It then passed to Robert Garrett as part of the family's collection. In the 1920's John Works Garrett sold it as a duplicate to Wayte Raymond. After passing through some dealers the coin is now in the collection of Eric P. Newman. (source: Louis Jordan, coins.nd.edu)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Patterns
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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