1776 $1 Continental Currency EG FECIT, Pewter Copy PCGS号795

P. Scott Rubin

The pewter 1776 Continental Dollar with the words EG FECIT on the obverse is known as Newman 3-D. This is one of the extremely unusual, but not unique, colonial issues that contain references to the maker of the die. The Latin word FECIT can be translated as “made it” and the EG is assumed to be the initials of the maker. Eric Newman identified Elisha Gallaudet as the EG on this die in the August, 1959 issue of The Numismatist.

The Newman D reverse die differs from the other reverse die (Newman A, B and C are all the same die in different states), most obviously by the placement of New Hampshire compared to Massachusetts near the 12 o’clock position. On Newman A, B, and C, Massachusetts comes before New Hampshire; on Newman D it comes after New Hampshire.

Approximately ten percent of the pewter 1776 “EG FECIT” survivors are known in Mint State, which translates to approximately twenty to twenty-five Mint State examples.