Continental Dollar Pattern (EG FECIT)
Benjamin Franklin
(American, 1706–1790)
David Rittenhouse
(American, 1732–1796)
Francis Hopkinson
(American, 1737–1791)
Elisha Gallaudet
(American, about 1730–1805)
1776
MintFreehold, New Jersey, United States
Medium/TechniquePewter
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 40 mm, 16.62 gm (1 9/16 in., 0.59 oz.)
Credit LineThe Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession number2004.1156
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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.
Benjamin Wyon