1787 Brasher Doubloon 3D print model

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Mass : 26.351 g Diameter : 31.0 mm (1.220 in) Ephraim Brasher, a skilled goldsmith and silversmith, submitted a petition to New York State in 1787 to mint copper coins. His request was denied when New York decided not to enter the business of minting copper currency. Brasher was highly regarded for his exceptional skills, and his hallmark (which he stamped on his own coins as well as those sent to him for appraisal) held great significance in early America. Brasher produced various coppers over several years, along with a small quantity of gold coins. One of the surviving gold coins, weighing 26.6 grams and made from 22-carat (.917) gold, was sold at public auction for $625,000 in March 1981. On January 12, 2005 Heritage Auction Galleries sold all three varieties of Brasher Doubloons as part of their Florida United Numismatists U.S. Coin Auction, Platinum Night Session. The coins realized $2,415,000 for the New York Style EB Punch on Wing NGC AU55, $2,990,000 for the unique New York Style EB Punch on Breast NGC XF45, and $690,000 for the rare but less iconic Lima Style Doubloon. The rare Brasher Doubloon, the first gold coin produced for young America, was sold in December 2011 by prominent rare coin dealer Steven L. Contursi of Laguna Beach, California to Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) of Far Hills, New Jersey. The rare coin changed hands again when an undisclosed Wall Street investment firm bought it from Blanchard and Company of New Orleans, Louisiana for a record price of nearly $7.4 million, the highest amount ever paid for this historic rare coin. This famous coin caught the attention of author Raymond Chandler in his mystery novel The High Window featuring detective Philip Marlowe, and it was also mentioned in Lawrence Block's mystery The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza starring Bernie Rhodenbarr as well as John Bellairs' suspenseful thriller The Mansion in the Mist.