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Numismatics
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Mint: Company for Coining Coppers, American, 1785–1788
Designer: Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706–1790, M.A. (HON.) 1753
Diesinker: Abel Buell, American, 1742–1825
Pointed Ray Fugio Cent
1787
Copper
9.4 g, 6:00, 28.5 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of John Taylor
2001.87.27144
Geography:
Made in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Status:
By appointment
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Numismatics
Provenance:
John Taylor, to 1956; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1956–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
