Capping Liberty

The Invention of Numismatic Iconography for the New American Republic

Coinage of the Pre-revolutionary Era

European Precedents

Gift of E.C. Pomeroy, Class of 1905
Great Britain,George III, silver shilling, 1787
Great Britain,George III, silver shilling, 1787
Great Britain, George III, silver threepence, 1763
Gift of Herbert Jefferson Fraser, Class of 1894
Great Britain, George III, silver threepence, 1766
Gift of Herbert Jefferson Fraser, Class of 1894
Great Britain, George III, imitation of a copper halfpenny, 1770
Great Britain, George III, copper halfpenny, 1771
Mexico, Charles III, silver eight reales, 1761
Gift of Professor Shirley Howard Weber
Mexico, Charles IV, silver eight reales, 1793
France, Louis XVI, copper twelve deniers, 1793
France, Louis XVI, silver thirty sous, 1792
Gift of T. S. Pearce
Netherlands, Gelderland, silver lion daalder, 1652
Gift of Sir Orville Watson Mosher Jr., Class of 1909
Venice, Ludovico Manin, gold zecchino, 1789–1797
Gift of George Batten, Class of 1925.
Geneva, silver six sous, 1765
Mainz, silver 1/8 thaler, 1732

Colonial Money

Gift of E. C. Pomeroy, Class of 1905
Massachusetts Oak Tree silver shilling, “1652” (1660–1667
Gift of E. C. Pomeroy, Class of 1905
Massachusetts Oak Tree silver twopence, 1662
Gift of E. C. Pomeroy, Class of 1905
Massachusetts Pine Tree silver shilling, “1652” (1675–1682)
Gift of E. C. Pomeroy, Class of 1905
Massachusetts Pine Tree silver sixpence, “1652” (1667–1674
Gift of E. C. Pomeroy, Class of 1905
Rosa Americana copper halfpenny, 1722
Gift of W. S. Watson
Rosa Americana copper halfpenny, 1723
Hibernia copper halfpenny, 1722
Hibernia copper halfpenny, 1722
Hibernia copper farthing, 1723
Hibernia copper farthing, 1723
Gift of William T. Anton Jr.
Voce Populi copper halfpenny, 1760
Gift of William T. Anton Jr.
Voce Populi copper halfpenny, 1760
Virginia copper halfpenny, 1773
Gift of André de Coppet, Class of 1915.
New York, paper £3, February 16, 1771
Bequest of Charles A. Cass, Class of 1902
Henry Phillips (1838–1895). Historical Sketches of the Paper Currency of the American Colonies First Series. Roxbury, Mass.: W. E. Woodward, 1865.

Author’s copy presented to Isaac Green, April 17, 1890, with banknotes inserted into interleaved sheets. New Jersey: paper six shillings, twelve shillings, fifteen shillings, thirty shillings, three pounds, six pounds, all March 25, 1776.