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Pale silver gray with some darker gray toning on the obverse and bright pale silver on the
reverse. Much lustre remains on the reverse, obverse somewhat granular as often seen on
this soft-metal issue, nicely detailed from the early state of the dies. A few tiny raised
specks of tin pest are noted, far less than often encountered, but present under A of
CONTINENTAL, inside the Virginia ring on the reverse, and a few other places of lesser
consequence. A single round contact point left of the sundial is the only mark of
individual note. A classic historical issue, avidly sought after by a wide range of
numismatists. Issued as part of the 1776 emission of Continental Currency, a mostly paper
issue with the lone exception of the pewter $1 coins. As a dollar coin struck in the
"magic" year that American independence was declared, when victory in the
American Revolution was anything but certain, no coin could have greater historical
cachet. Specimens as sharp as this are enduringly popular and always see active bidding.
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