Object Details
- Description
- Produced at a private mint, either in New York City or Rahway Mills, New Jersey.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Emery May Holden Norweb
- 1787
- ID Number
- 1991.0009.0134
- accession number
- 1982.0798
- catalog number
- 82.48.46
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- copper (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 mm x 27.8 mm; 25/32 in x 1 3/32 in
- place of issue
- United States: New York
- Related Publication
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1093590
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-2d52-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
