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CONTINENTAL DOLLAR DIE VARIETY IDENTIFICATIONLast week Rob Rodriguez offered his thoughts on the origins of the Continental Dollars. He would like to add this discussion of the die variety illustrated in the 1784 German
almanac discussed in earlier issues. Thank you. -Editor
  German Inscriptions in Book Illustration In order to identify the Continental Dollar die variety in the 1784 almanac, one has to look closely. In the case of the reverse, both the 1-C and the 2-C have Massachusetts before New Hampshire in the rings so one has to view the obverse to identify the variety. With the obverse written in German, it is impossible to determine whether we are looking at a 1-C variety that used one R in currency or the 2-C variety, which uses two Rs. One has to look at the date style and then it becomes obvious. There is no question that the 1784 image is that of the Newman 2-C variety with the matching date font to the real 2-C.   Again, there would not have been sufficient time to create a 2-C variety and then coin it to have an image example that could be sent in the timeframe required by the printer. The 2-C variety had to be in existence before the letter from the publisher requesting the images. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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