Stella Público Deposited
A experimental coin of the United States, the value of which, four Dollars, is based on the metric system, being intended to serve as an international coin. These coins were made on the request of the United States Minister to Austria, their exact value, three Dollars and eighty-eight Cents, being that of the former Austrian eight Florin piece. The name is derived from the large five-pointed star on the reverse and they are the work of W. W. Hubbell, the patentee of the goloid metal. They were issued at the Philadelphia mint in 1879 and 1880, and were composed of six grammes of pure gold, three of silver, and one of copper.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)