Scott's Coronet Large Cents
1854

Owner Comments:

Charles Kaufmann, my Great-Great-Grandfather, was a merchant who immigrated from Germany in the early 1850s, and opened a shop in Brooklyn, New York. This coin is one of two coins I inherited from my paternal Grandmother. She kept all sorts of things hidden away, only to be revealed after her passing. These coins were found together with a photo of a large group in front of the store, out of which I can easily find my Great-Grandparents. I am thinking that these coins were saved in the store, possibly displayed as we see dollar bills saved today, as a good luck momento of the first money taken in sales. I received the coins in no protective holder, and soot black in color. Conservation of the coins done by NCS.