Please Help - A coin from 1774

Hendrixkat · August 28, 2009 12:02PM

I am hoping someone can help me. My friend had a coin when he was younger that he has been trying to track down or find information about. The coin was dated 1774 and had a Star on One Side and a Bear on the other side. It also said E PLURIBUS UNIM. He thinks it was the size of a Quarter.

TomB · August 28, 2009 1:12PM

If I recall correctly, E PLURIBUS UNUM was first used on NJ post-colonial issues of 1786 so I would expect that this is either a fantasy piece or might be from another country.

Hendrixkat · August 28, 2009 1:18PM

Would e pluribus unum be on a foreign coin

CaptHenway · August 28, 2009 1:42PM

<< <i>Would e pluribus unum be on a foreign coin >>

No.
I am afraid that your friend's memory is faulty. Over the years I have had many, many people tell me that they remeber coins they once had that never existed as they remember them.
TD

WoodenJefferson · August 28, 2009 1:45PM

Since you say it was dated 1774, America or the United States did not start minting it's own coins until 1793, hence the comment that it might be from another country.

Placid · August 28, 2009 1:47PM

Maybe a very worn Texas commem from 1934

Please Help - A coin from 1774

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