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North American Token

(Irish, 1788–1827)
dated 1781, struck about 1810–20
Medium/TechniqueCopper
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 28 mm, 7.12 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.25 oz.)
Credit LineThe Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession number2004.1148
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.
William Mossop Jr.
dated 1781, struck about 1810–20
Robert Lovett, Jr
Rosa Americana
William Wood
1733
William Idler
dated 1792, struck after 1859
William Kneass
1837
William Barber
about 1870
William Kneass
1833
Vermont Copper (Vermonts variety)
Col. William Coley
1785