1776 Continental Dollar (Pewter)
- Maker
- Continental Congress issue (likely Philadelphia)
- Year
- 1776
- Rank
- 24 of 100
1776 Continental Dollar (Pewter)
1776 Continental Dollar (Pewter) by Continental Congress issue (likely Philadelphia) (1776) is ranked 24 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $246,750 on 12 January 2015. An iconic Revolutionary-era dollar-sized piece tied to Franklin's 'Mind Your Business' design; a colonial centerpiece.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
An iconic Revolutionary-era dollar-sized piece tied to Franklin's 'Mind Your Business' design; a colonial centerpiece.
$1 pewter, CURENCY, EG FECIT, Newman 1-C, NGC MS65 CAC
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $246,750
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 12 January 2015
Heritage Auctions, FUN, Jan 12 2015. Pewter, CURENCY, Newman 1-C, NGC MS65 CAC, realized $246,750. The Brand-Ford specimen brought $546,250 (Heritage, Jan 2012).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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