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1 Cent
| Issuer | Massachusetts |
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| Year | 1787-1788 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | A full-length figure of a Native American warrior stands facing left, holding a bow in the right hand and an arrow in the left hand. The figure is depicted in profile gazing toward a five-pointed star positioned to the left in the field. The design is rendered in a classical engraving style characteristic of early American coinage. The legend COMMON WEALTH appears in the field, serving as the primary inscription on the obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Massachusetts was the only U.S. state to operate its own official mint, authorized by the General Court in 1786 and housed in a building on Milk Street in Boston. The facility ran for barely two years before the newly ratified Constitution prohibited states from coining money, rendering it immediately obsolete. Dies were cut by Joseph Callender and Jacob Perkins, and the series is known for significant variation in planchet quality — many surviving examples show porosity or lamination faults traceable to inconsistent copper sourcing during the mint's short run.