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Fugio Cent

(American, 1742–1825)
(American)
1787
MintNew Haven, Connecticut, United States
Medium/TechniqueCopper
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 28 mm, 10.76 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.38 oz.)
Credit LineThe Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession number2004.1152
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.
Connecticut Copper
Abel Buell
dated 1787, struck 1788–89
Fugio Cent
Abel Buell
1787
Fugio Cent
Abel Buell
dated 1787, restruck about 1860
Abel Moulton
about 1815
Abel Moulton
about 1830
Abel Moulton
about 1830
Alice Standish Buell
James Falconer Atlee
1787
James Falconer Atlee
dated 1775 (probably struck around 1786)