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| Keywords: 1776ContinentalCoinEngraving.jpg Engraving of a 1776 Continental currency coin Versions were made from silver brass and pewter The denomination is unknown and may have varied by the metal used though especially for the silver version it is thought that it was a Spanish dollar coin The design came from an earlier Continental currency note which was made by Benjamin Franklin For more information see http //www coins nd edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CC-Dollar intro html here or http //www usmint gov/KIDS/coinNews/coinOfTheMonth/2002/07 cfm here LOC-image cph 3b02350 The Library of Congress source appears to be Lossing's 1881 http //books google com/books id DKIc07Ba6dUC Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History page 265 though the engraving itself dates at least from Lossing's 1851 http //books google com/books id EVwsAAAAMAAJ The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution page 318 1776 coin; 1851 engraving Benjamin Franklin original design Benson J Lossing engraving Creator Benson John Lossing <gallery> Image 1776ContinentalCoinObverse jpg Photo of actual coin obverse Image 1776ContinentalCoinReverse jpg reverse</gallery> PD-US PD-old-100 Coins of the United States Continental currency Mind your business 1776 coins Designs by Benjamin Franklin Benson John Lossing | ||||
