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Post a Robert Scot coin! Birthdate October 2, 1745
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Post a coin from dies engraved by Chief Engraver Robert Scot, which would be a US Mint coin from 1794-1806, and 1818-1823.
Robert Scot was born on October 2, 1745, in Canongate, Scotland. His engraving in the United States began with Virginia Currency in 1775, portraying the overthrow of tyranny with the radical Virginia Seal design. Scot completed historically important engravings throughout the Revolutionary period for American officers, including an illustration of the Siege of Yorktown, which was the decisive battle of the American Revolution. He also collaborated with Scottish immigrant publishers for some of the earliest illustrated scientific books published in the United States, prior to his commission as Chief Engraver of the US Mint.
Scot also engraved federal revenue stamp dies for each state, in many different eagle designs, in 1798 and 1800, in order to raise funds for re-building the US Navy to fight the Quasi-War with France and the First Barbary War. Below is a stamp used for an estate, and an 1806/5 T-1 half dollar in late die stage:
Robert Scot was born on October 2, 1745, in Canongate, Scotland. His engraving in the United States began with Virginia Currency in 1775, portraying the overthrow of tyranny with the radical Virginia Seal design. Scot completed historically important engravings throughout the Revolutionary period for American officers, including an illustration of the Siege of Yorktown, which was the decisive battle of the American Revolution. He also collaborated with Scottish immigrant publishers for some of the earliest illustrated scientific books published in the United States, prior to his commission as Chief Engraver of the US Mint.
Scot also engraved federal revenue stamp dies for each state, in many different eagle designs, in 1798 and 1800, in order to raise funds for re-building the US Navy to fight the Quasi-War with France and the First Barbary War. Below is a stamp used for an estate, and an 1806/5 T-1 half dollar in late die stage:
Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
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From one of the last dies he made...
One of my favorite designs...
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