"1776" (late 19th or early 20th century) Continental Dollar. So-Called

"1776" (late 19th or early 20th century) Continental Dollar. So-Called Dickeson Restrike. HK-854. Rarity-7. White Metal. Unc Details--Scratch (PCGS). 38.0 mm. Professor Montroville Wilson Dickeson (1813 to 1882) published the American Numismatic Manual in 1859, just as coin collecting was coming into its own in America. Numismatic tradition states that he produced copies of the 1776 Continental dollar and sold them as souvenirs for the Centennial Exposition of 1876. As the authors of the 2020 edition of the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins observe: However, in 1870 Philadelphia auctioneer Thomas Birch offered one of these and some colonial fantasies. The mintage by an unknown person amounted to dozens in the 19th century, to which Thomas L. Elder added others from the same dies in the early 20th century. John J. Ford, Jr. had the dies by 1960, around which time he sold them to Empire Coin Company, which had 7,200 white metal impressions made by John Pinches, Ltd. of England. The specimen offered here is probably an Elder restrike from the early 20th century. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.

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