Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 9, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 72
Additional Source Text:
Included in "A list of Coins and Medals, which I have placed in a case under Glass"
Notes:
"In 1791, coins were issued in denominations of 1, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1 penny and 1 dollar. The 1 cent and 1 penny were minted in bronze, the rest in silver. All the coins featured a lion on the obverse and two shaking hands, one white, one black, on the reverse." Wikipedia
Pictured here is 1791 1-cent piece of the Sierra Leone Company.
Lt. Col. Aaron Levy (1771-1852), of New York, was a military officer, merchant, art collector, auctioneer, and real estate speculator.
