Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Connecticut copper
Object name
Connecticut copper
Date
1787
Medium
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Description
Obverse: male bust facing left. Reverse: Liberty seated facing left.
Object Number
INV.13875f
Marks
Struck: Obverse: "AUCTORI CONNEC"
Struck: Reverse: "INDE ET LIB 1787"
Gallery Label
The inscriptions mean "By the authority of Connecticut" and "Independence and Liberty".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
