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1776 $1 Continental Dollar CURRENCEY, Pewter

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Grade CPG Value
MS63 $420,000.00

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5 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1776 $1 Continental Dollar, CURRENCEY, Pewter, Newman 4-D, Breen-1097, Hodder 4-B, W-8475, High R.7. VF20 NGC. 20 HA 61,688 01/12/2015
    1776 $1 Continental Dollar, CURRENCEY, Pewter MS63 NGC. CAC. Plain Edge. Newman 4-D, Breen-1097, W-8475, High R.7. 63 HA 381,875 11/15/2014
    1776 $1 Continental Dollar, CURRENCY, Pewter, Ornamented Date XF45 PCGS. CAC. 45 HA 276,000 08/02/2009
    1776 Continental Dollar $1 MS CURRENCEY, Pewter 63 Ira & Larry Goldberg 86,250 09/14/2008
    1776 Continental Dollar $1 MS CURRENCEY, Pewter 63 Ira & Larry Goldberg 92,000 02/20/2005
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 797
      Coin Date: 1776
      Denomination (Short): $1
      Denomination (Long): Dollar
      Variety: Continental Dollar
      Variety 2: CURRENCEY, Pewter
      Desg: MS
      Composition: Pewter
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Continental Dollar
      Coinage Years: 1776
      Diameter: 40
      Designer: Elisha Gallaudet
      Edge: Lettered
      Obverse Description: The obverse features a sundial basking in the rays of a blazing sun with a round face. Beneath the sundial are the words MIND YOUR BUSINESS (not an admonition to keep your nose out of other people’s business, but to focus your attention on your own affairs). FUGIO, referring to the fleeting nature of time, appears beneath the sun. Finally, CONTINENTAL CURRENCY appears in the outer circle, as does the date 1776.
      Reverse Description: The reverse features joined links bearing the names of the 13 colonies surrounding AMERICAN CONGRESS and WE ARE ONE.
      PCGS #: 797
      NGC ID: 2AYW
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