Coin: copper cent

Museum number:
2-34098
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034098
Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Fugio Cent, minted 1787. Obverse: FUGIO 1787 MIND YOUR BUSINESS - sun above sundial. Reverse: UNITED STATES WE ARE ONE - 13 rings.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Benjamin Franklin
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Collection date:
1888
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1787
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
weight 9.7 grams and linear 27 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34098, described as Fugio Cent, minted 1787. Obverse: FUGIO 1787 MIND YOUR BUSINESS - sun above sundial. Reverse: UNITED STATES WE ARE ONE - 13 rings.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34098, described as Fugio Cent, minted 1787. Obverse: FUGIO 1787 MIND YOUR BUSINESS - sun above sundial. Reverse: UNITED STATES WE ARE ONE - 13 rings.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34098, described as Fugio Cent, minted 1787. Obverse: FUGIO 1787 MIND YOUR BUSINESS - sun above sundial. Reverse: UNITED STATES WE ARE ONE - 13 rings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34098, described as Fugio Cent, minted 1787. Obverse: FUGIO 1787 MIND YOUR BUSINESS - sun above sundial. Reverse: UNITED STATES WE ARE ONE - 13 rings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34098, described as Fugio Cent, minted 1787. Obverse: FUGIO 1787 MIND YOUR BUSINESS - sun above sundial. Reverse: UNITED STATES WE ARE ONE - 13 rings.

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