1/2 Penny - Auctori Plebis

Issuer	United States (pre-federal and private territorial)
Year	1787
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Currency	Pound
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Obverse description	Draped and mailed bust of King George II facing left, occupying the majority of the coin's field. The effigy is rendered in a bold, somewhat crude style characteristic of American colonial copper token coinage of the period. The surrounding legend reads 'AUCTORI: PLEBIS:' (By the authority of the people), with the text distributed along the upper periphery separated by pellets. The portrait derives from earlier British halfpenny dies, repurposed and overstruck with a new patriotic legend.
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Obverse lettering	AUCTORI: PLEBIS: (Translation: By the authority of the people)
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