Object Details
- Description
- In the earliest years of the United States, it was common practice for each state to issue its own coins. From 1785 to 1788, Connecticut issued copper cents featuring a male bust on one side, and a seated image of Liberty on the other. The reverse inscription, Inde. Et Lib., stands for Independence and Liberty – strong ideals in the young nation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Theodore L. Craige
- 1787
- ID Number
- NU.67.102702
- accession number
- 276282
- catalog number
- 67.102702
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- copper (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 mm; x 1 1/8 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut
- place of issue
- United States: Connecticut
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1095480
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-522e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
