1787 United States Coin Value
A 1787 United States Coin is worth roughly its melt value to well into four figures depending on its condition. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.
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1787 United States Coin value by grade
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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.
Today's value of the 1787 United States Coin
The market for the 1787 United States Coin is driven by condition above all.
1787 United States Coin specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1787
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Copper
- Weight
- 8.64 g
- Diameter
- 28.2 mm
Reading a coin with no mint mark
The 1787 United States Coin comes from Philadelphia, which struck coins without a mint mark. If the spot where branch-mint coins show a letter is empty on your 1787, that is exactly as it should be.
What makes the 1787 United States Coin valuable
For the 1787 United States Coin, surviving examples tell the story that mint records do not. Museum-documented specimens define the issue for collectors.
There is history in a 1787 United States Coinage as well. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. That backdrop keeps the series among the most actively collected in American numismatics.
1787 United States Coin inscriptions & design
Obverse
AUCTORI \ CONNEC
Mailed bust right
Reverse
INDE • ET \ LIB / (date)
Seated liberty facing left holding fond in right hand and pole in left hand
Measured 1787 United States Coin specimens
12 physically measured 1787 United States Coin examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 8.64 g, 28.2 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 United States Coin #1 | 9.76 g | 29 mm | 6 h | Miller.1.2-C, Breen.764, Whitman.2720 |
| 1787 United States Coin #2 | 8.01 g | 29 mm | 6 h | Miller.1.2-C, Breen.765, Whitman.2720 |
| 1787 United States Coin #3 | 9.76 g | 29 mm | 6 h | Miller.1.2-C, Breen.765, Whitman.2720 |
| 1787 United States Coin #4 | 9.71 g | 29 mm | 6 h | Miller.1.2-C, Breen.765, Whitman.2720 |
| 1787 United States Coin #5 | 9.73 g | 28 mm | 12 h | Miller.2-B, Breen.776, Whitman.2755 |
| 1787 United States Coin #6 | 6.94 g | 28 mm | 12 h | Miller.2-B, Breen.776, Whitman.2755 |
| 1787 United States Coin #7 | 7.28 g | 27 mm | - | Miller.4-L, Breen.768, Whitman.2810 |
| 1787 United States Coin #8 | 6.81 g | 27 mm | - | Miller.4-L, Breen.768, Whitman.2810 |
| 1787 United States Coin #9 | 7.76 g | 28 mm | - | Miller.6.1-M, Breen.770, Whitman.2820 |
| 1787 United States Coin #10 | 7.65 g | 28 mm | - | Miller.6.2-M, Breen.770, Whitman.2825 |
| 1787 United States Coin #11 | 9.68 g | 28 mm | 7 h | Miller.9-R, Breen.774, Whitman.2860 |
| 1787 United States Coin #12 | 8.67 g | 28 mm | 11 h | Miller.10-E, Breen.777 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.