The Portland Coin Ring from Serge DeNimes x MACHUS.DetailsA classic round signet ring with the design of the Portland Penny from 1835.Made in collaboration with MACHUS and only sold in the store or on our website. .925 Sterling silverHistory The Portland Penny is the name subsequently given to a specific copper matron head one-cent coin, used to decide the name of Potland, Oregon. The City of Portland's two founders, Francis Pettygrove from Portland, Maine and Asa Lovejoy from Boston, Massachusetts, both wanted to name the fledgling site—then known as The Clearing—after their respective home towns. The coin toss was decided in 1845 with two out of three tosses which Pettygrove won. Portland was incorporated in 1851. The coin, minted in 1835, was found in a safe deposit box left behind by Lovejoy and is now on display in the Oregon Historical Society Museum.
