Mark Público Deposited
The common name for a series of copper coins engraved by Wyon, and made in Birmingham, England, in 1783 and 1785, for use in America. See Crosby, Early Coins of America. 1875.
Another series, of the same name, consists of three silver coins, of the denomina- tion of Mark, Quint, and Cent, which represent a plan of coinage, advocated January 15, 1782, by Robert Morris. These coins are pattern or experimental pieces, and were never adopted.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)