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ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
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Franklin Press Token AU50
1785 Nova Constellatio MS63BN

1785 Nova Constellatio VF25
1785 Nova Constellatio Sm. Date 1/4 < 1
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  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    Tap dancing to the top!!!
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
  • phutphut Posts: 1,087 ✭
    Nice... out of my league for now though.
  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    Thanks for the compliment Phut.
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    to the top
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat coins!
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    can someone please tell me the "Story" behind the Franklin Press token??????
  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    The origin of this token is unknown. The obverse of the coin shows a printing press with the legend "Sic oritur doctrina surgetque libertas" (In this manner learning springs forth and liberty rises up) with the date 1794. The reverse states: "Payable at the Franklin Press London." This is one of the many hundreds of merchant token produced in England at the time. It is thought the token was made for Watt's Printing Works in London where Benjamin Franklin worked in 1726. The firm's association with Franklin was commemorated by a plaque and was well known. Franklin even stopped by to revisit the press while traveling in London in 1768. The press is now in the Smithsonian. It is thought the token was made in Birmingham, probably from a single pair of dies, since most examples show a diebreak within the press and a small defect at the E and R in LIBERTAS. This is another of those token that has traditionally been associated with American colonial coins but does not appear to have circulated in America.

    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    ttt
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    thanks for the explanation. I think I pm'd you the same question a while back but you didn't answer.image
  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    Sorry about that goose! I usually make it a point to answer all questions pointed at me!

    Jimimage
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    ttt
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
  • ConstellatioCollectorConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
    ttt
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
    ---------------------------------
    "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
    "If it don't make $"
    "It don't make cents""
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