EXTREMELY RARE 1776 CONTINENTAL DOLLAR,
NEWMAN 5-D
Continental Dollar or Unit, pewter, 1776, floriated cross after obverse legend (Newman 5-D; Breen-1098), rarity 8, only the third specimen known of this important rarity, struck slightly out of round, edge encroaches on the tops of URRENC on obverse, edge to tops of leftmost circles (Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina) on reverse, partially ornamented edge, rev. die crack evident in right-hand circles, fine, medium grey, basically free of post striking damage, very rare
Details
Continental Dollar or Unit, pewter, 1776, floriated cross after obverse legend (Newman 5-D; Breen-1098), rarity 8, only the third specimen known of this important rarity, struck slightly out of round, edge encroaches on the tops of URRENC on obverse, edge to tops of leftmost circles (Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina) on reverse, partially ornamented edge, rev. die crack evident in right-hand circles, fine, medium grey, basically free of post striking damage, very rare
Provenance
Waldo Newcomer; Colonel Green; Burdette Johnson.
Further details
Three specimens of this rarity are now known. Other specimens include Norweb II:2458, sold by Bowers and Merena in March, 1988, and Lot 241 from the Christie's sale of November, 1990.