1776 $1 Continental Dollar, CURENCY, Brass, Dotted Circles, Newman 1-A, Breen-1085, Hodder 1-A.1, W-8430, R.8. MS63 NGC. ...

"Given reverse A.x's subsequent re-cuttings, it [Hodder 1-A.1] was the earliest combination struck; the fact that the final appearance of this reverse, state A.3 (Newman-C), with dotted rings almost completely cut into lines, is identical in type (excepting only the repositioning of N.HAMPS and MASSACHS) to reverse B (Newman-D), it is likely that A.3 pre-dated B despite the lack of die links between the two. Newman was probably correct in supposing that his reverse A was the original design and was the first struck, since a progressive change from dotted to linear rings can be seen on the dies, and the former design was not utilized on reverse B."

1. MS63 NGC. Spink & Son, London (11/1910); Virgil M. Brand; Brand Estate (Bowers and Merena, 6/1984), lot 955; Donald Groves Partrick. 73% copper, 24% zinc, 3% lead. The present specimen.

2. AU50 NGC. "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society (Heritage, 11/2014), lot 3036. 79% copper, 18% zinc, 1% lead.

3. VF. Virgil M. Brand; Brand Estate (B. Max Mehl, 1/11/1937); Norweb Collection (Bowers and Merena, 3/1988), lot 2450. Illustrated in Michael Hodder's 1991 ANA Centennial Anthology article, "The Continental Currency Coinage of 1776."