Description
Designed by Benjamin Dudley, a British engraver, and hired by Roger Moore, superintendent of finance for the Confederation (1781 – 1789), to design a set of coins for national use. He ended up with two varieties, Large Date and Small Date.
The obverse of the 1785 Nova Constellatio NGC VF 20 BN displays rays emanating from an Eye of Providence (as it was known by contemporaries) surrounded by a circular constellation of thirteen stars. The legend on the patterns was in Latin, NOVA CONSTELLATIO (A New Constellation).
The reverse displays a wreath around the initials U.S. with the denomination below (1/2 pence), outside the wreath is the legend, LIBERTAS JUSTITIA (Liberty and Justice and the date 1785.
There are two varieties, small and large date.
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