1787 Brasher Doubloon with Unique EB on Breast Gold Rush Gallery, Inc.
1787 Brasher Doubloon with Unique EB on Breast Unique, "EB on Breast"
1787 Brasher Doubloon from
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This is an engraving of a coin milling machine, designed by Franklin Peale, of the type installed at the Dahlonega and Charlotte Mints. The purpose of the machine was to raise and serrate the rim of a planchet, in preparation for striking. Source: Ferguson, Eugene S., ed. Early Engineering Reminiscences (1815-40) of George Escol Sellers. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1965, page 73. Earlier from Journal of the Franklin Institute (November 1836).



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