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GALLAUDET, Elisha  (c1730-1805) Colonial American engraver, diesinker.
          Born New Rochelle, New York, c1730.
          Died New York City, 1805.

          C   O   I   N   S

1776 Continental Currency Patterns. . . . . . Breen 1085-1098

          M   E   D   A   L   S

n.d. Hand Engraved Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warren 26

          R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S

1876 Continental Dollar Struck Copy (by unknown engraver
          for Dr. Montroville Wilson Dickeson) . . . . . . . .
1961 Continental Dollar Restrike (struck by Aug Frank
          with transfer dies made from Dickeson's dies). . HK 852,
                                                      HK 853, HK 854, HK 855, HK 856
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 25:1297;PCA 45:1211

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D8  {1926} Fielding, p 132, 468.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 248.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 311.
101 {1987} Warren (David B, et al) Marks of Achievement. Houston, TX: Museum of             
          Fine Arts Houston, 207 pages, illus.  26, illustrations 45, 46.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1233.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 5:1262-1263.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

P2  {1959} Newman (Eric)  Continental Dollar Meets Its Maker [Gallaudet]. The             
          Numismatist 72:8 (August 1959) p 915-926.
M20 {1963} Hibler and Kappen 852, p 135-136.
O12 {1988} Breen 1085-1098, 110-112; 687.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 95-96.
N36 {2002} Bowers, More Adventures, p 25-27 (Continental Currency Dollar).
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