Brasher Doubloon (coin)

Brasher Doubloon (coin)

The Brasher Doubloon is a rare American coin, privately minted in and after 1787.

History

In 1787, Ephraim Brashear [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/68194.htm] , a goldsmith and silversmith, was granted a petition to mint copper coins in New York State. Brasher was already quite highly regarded for his skills, and his hallmark (which he not only stamped on his own coins but also on other coinage sent to him for assay) was highly significant in early America. Brasher struck various coppers, in addition to a small quantity of gold coins, over the next few years.cite web
url = http://www.coin-gallery.com/cgbrasher.htm
title = 1787 Brasher Doubloon]

One of the surviving gold coins, weighing 26.6 grams and composed of .917 gold, was sold at public auction for $625,000 in March 1981.

The coin was the subject of nefarious goings on in Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mystery "The High Window"cite book
author=Raymond Chandler
title=The High Window
id=ISBN 0394758269] . It is also mentioned in Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery "The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza"cite book
author = Lawrence Block
title = The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
id = ISBN 0060872764] and John Bellairs's "The Mansion in the Mist".cite book
author=John Bellairs
title=The Mansion in the Mist
id=ISBN 978-0142402627]

Image

* [http://www.coin-gallery.com/cgbrasherlg.htm 1787 Brasher Doubloon]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Brasher.intro.html Brasher's Doubloons – Introduction]
* [http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/printable/coin.cfm?coincode=1_05 Legendary Coins & Currency: Brasher Doubloon, 1787]


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