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Coin

1740-1783

Place madeEngland, Europe

Copper

Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )

INV.5608.102

This coin was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood on the east side of Broadway at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.

DescriptionCopper coin; profile bust stamped on front, with female Britannia figure stamped on back, leaning on shield and holding branch in one hand, and spear in other hand.

Markingsstamped: front: "GEORGIVS.....REX.." back: BRITANNIA...."

ClassificationsARCHAEOLOGY