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1 Ounce Silver - Continental Currency

Location United States
Year 1776
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Technique Milled
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Obverse description Central device depicts the Fugio sundial design: a sundial with rays above and the motto MIND YOUR BUSINESS in the exergue, surrounded by a ring bearing Roman numeral hour markers. The outer legend reads CONTINENTAL CURRENCY around the top and the date 1776 at the bottom, with the word COPY appearing in the field. The round is struck with a beaded border and dark contrasting fields.
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Obverse lettering CONTINENTAL CURRENCY 1776 FUGIO COPY MIND YOUR BUSINESS VI V IV III II I XII XI X IX VIII VII
Reverse description The reverse features thirteen interlinked rings arranged in a circle, each bearing an abbreviated name of one of the original thirteen American colonies. At the center is a sunburst ring with the legend AMERICAN CONGRESS around it and the motto WE ARE ONE in the central field. The design closely replicates the reverse of the 1776 Continental Currency coin, with a beaded outer border.
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