Illustrated history of the United States mint / with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present time

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Rosa Americana Half-Penny, 1722.

Obverse: Laureated head of King George I, facing right. Legend: “GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX.”

Reverse: A full double rose; from this project five barbed points. Legend: “ROSA AMERICANA UTILE DULCI 1722” which encircles the piece. Border, beaded; edge, plain; “Bath Metal;” size, 16 to 18; weight, 139 grains.

Devices: Same as those of the Penny of this coinage. Legends: Same import as those upon the Penny, but varied by abbreviations and in punctuation. Border, beaded; edge, plain; “Bath Metal;” size, 13 to 14; weight, 75 grains.

Liber Natus Libertatem Defendo—First.

Reverse: Arms of the State of New York. Upon an oval shield at the center is shown the sun rising from behind a range of hills, the sea in the foreground; left of the shield, Justice, with sword and scales; right, Liberty, with staff and cap. Upon a hemisphere, above the shield, stands an eagle, wings outspread, facing right. Exergue: 1787; beneath this, next the border, “EXCELSIOR.” Border, serrated; edge, plain; size, 17; weight, 157 grains.

PLATE V.

Maryland Penny. Half Cent. 1847. Rosa Americana Half Penny. 1722.

Liber Natus Libernatum Defendo. First. Granby or Higley Token. 1737. Liber Natus Libernatum Defendo. Second.

See description.

PLATE VI.

Washington Cent. 1783. Washington Liverpool Half Penny. 1793. “Naked Bust.” Washington Cent. 1792.

Non Dependens Status. Half Cent. 1842. Pattern Cent. 1792.

See description.

Liber Natus Libertatem Defendo.—Second.

Obverse: An Indian, standing, crowned with feathers, and facing left; in his right hand he wields a tomahawk, his left supports a bow, the end of which rests on the ground near his feet; over his right shoulder appears the top of a quiver of arrows, which is borne upon his back. Legend: “LIBER NATUS LIBERATEM DEFENDO.”

Reverse: A hemisphere of the globe, marked by longitudinal and meridianal lines; upon this stands a large heavy-bodied eagle, wings spread, somewhat drooping, beak toward the right. Legend: “NEO-EBORACUS 1787 EXCELSIOR.” Border, serrated; edge, plain; size, 17; weight, 153 grains.