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1 Shilling - Gloucester Pattern
| Issuer | Virginia |
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| Year | 1714 |
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| Reference(s) | PCGS#88 |
| Obverse description | Central device depicts a simple colonial courthouse building in profile, rendered in low relief, with windows and a central doorway visible. A decorative foliate or crown-like element appears above the roofline in the upper field. The Roman numeral denomination XII appears in the exergue below the building. The circular Latin legend reads GLOVCESTER COVRTHOVSE VIRGINIA, disposed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Virginia never actually adopted an official colonial coinage, and this 1714 Gloucester shilling pattern is one of the most contentious pieces in American numismatics — long debated as either a genuine colonial-era proposal or a later fabrication. The brass composition and the "Gloucester" attribution link it to speculation about a private merchant token scheme in Gloucester County, but no documentary record of an authorizing body has ever surfaced.
Fewer than a handful of examples are known to exist.