Object Details
- obverse designer
- Ephraim Brasher
- reverse designer
- Ephraim Brasher
- obverse engraver
- Ephraim Brasher
- reverse engraver
- Ephraim Brasher
- Description
- Produced by Ephraim Brasher in New York City. Obverse: Sun rising over mountains; BRASHER below. Reverse: Crude eagle within continuous wreath; EB countermark on eagle's wing. Its existence apparently unknown until the beginning of the twentieth century, this unique coin was struck with the same pair of dies used to create the Brasher Doubloon.
- Ephraim Brasher was a goldsmith, and his EB countermark also appeared on foreign gold coins of the day. It proclaimed that he had tested or assayed them and stood behind them.
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- 1787
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.1111
- accession number
- 283645
- catalog number
- 68.159.1111
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 2.66 cm; 1/32 in x 1 1/16 in
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Related Publication
- Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
- Exhibition
- Value of Money
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1095000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-2c95-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
