Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 1777
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 22r
Notes:
An example of a one crown (five shilling) silver coin of 1601 or 1602 from the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) is pictured here.
The donor, Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800), was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia. He was the first Governor of Pennsylvania (1790 to 1799).
