JARVIS, James (active 1787) Colonial American coiner.
Established mint in New Haven, Connecticut as Jarvis
& Company with Abel Buell as engraver. Their major
production was the Fugio Cent. Breen devotes an entire
chapter to this coin, the varieties, and the restrikes, but
the definitive work by Eric Newman.
C O I N S
1787 Fugio Cents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breen 1300-1313
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E8 {1951} Kenney, 13.
E8A {1951} Kenney Manuscript File.
O12 {1988} Breen, Chapter 13, 1300-1313, p 146-151.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 127.
Established mint in New Haven, Connecticut as Jarvis
& Company with Abel Buell as engraver. Their major
production was the Fugio Cent. Breen devotes an entire
chapter to this coin, the varieties, and the restrikes, but
the definitive work by Eric Newman.
C O I N S
1787 Fugio Cents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breen 1300-1313
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E8 {1951} Kenney, 13.
E8A {1951} Kenney Manuscript File.
O12 {1988} Breen, Chapter 13, 1300-1313, p 146-151.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 127.