1785 Great Britain Coin Value
The 1785 Great Britain Coin carries a current retail range of about its melt value to well into four figures across circulated and Mint State grades. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.
Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.
1785 Great Britain Coin value by grade
| Grade | Estimated value |
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Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.
How much is a 1785 Great Britain Coin worth today?
Pricing for the 1785 Great Britain Coin depends on grade and current collector demand.
1785 Great Britain Coin specifications
- Series
- Great Britain Coinage
- Year
- 1785
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Copper
- Weight
- 7.13 g
- Diameter
- 27 mm
The missing mint mark, explained
The 1785 Great Britain Coin was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.
Why the 1785 Great Britain Coin is worth money
Context adds the final layer to the 1785 Great Britain Coin. Documented Great Britain coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.
Official mintage figures for the 1785 Great Britain Coin are not well established. The museum-documented specimens behind our specifications provide the physical reference points for the issue, and the market prices it on observed scarcity.
1785 Great Britain Coin inscriptions & design
Obverse
CONSTELLATIO NOVA
eye within sunburst with stars
Reverse
LIBERTAS ET JUSTITIA US 1783
US within wreath
Measured 1785 Great Britain Coin specimens
4 physically measured 1785 Great Britain Coin examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 7.13 g, 27 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1785 Great Britain Coin #1 | 9.17 g | 26.4 mm | 1 h | Crosby.2-B, Breen.1107, Whitman.1865 |
| 1785 Great Britain Coin #2 | 8.27 g | 27 mm | 11 h | Crosby.4-D, Breen.1113, Whitman.1910 |
| 1785 Great Britain Coin #3 | 6.9 g | 27.7 mm | 12 h | Crosby.5-E, Breen.1114, Whitman.1915 |
| 1785 Great Britain Coin #4 | 7.13 g | 27.6 mm | 11 h | Crosby.3-B, Breen.1111, Whitman.1895 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.