Gold, Brasher eagle wing doubloon, 1787

Brasher eagle wing doubloon, 1787.

1st US gold coin. E Pluribus Unum on the obverse. Nova Eboraca on the reverse--NY, US capital at the time--with the state motto Excelsior-upward and Columbia, poetic name of the US. Goldsmith Ephraim Brashers initials on the eagles wing.