Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coin
Object Number:
INV.5704.11
Date:
1802
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: front: "LIBERTY/1802"; back: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ONE/CENT"
Description:
Copper coin; female profile bust on front; stamped marks on both sides.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this penny was found at Kings Highway and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The label gave a date of June 31, 1925, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society. The address was the site of a Colonial inn that was built in 1680.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
