Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Clay pipe bowl: Inscribed from ? estate, Queens Co. LI
Object Number:
INV.6038
Date:
1734
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: front: "GEORGIVS II REX"; back: "BRITANNIA/1734"
Description:
Copper coin; stamped profile bust on front and Britannia female figure on back, holding branch in one hand, staff in other, and leaning on shield; stamped marks on both sides.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this coin was found in 1911 in Battery Park, New York City.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
