Coin: bronze cent

Museum number:
2-34565
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034565
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Lincoln wheat penny, 1919, minted in San Francisco. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / date - Lincoln bust facing right, motto top, date to left. Reverse: E PLURIBUS UNUM / ONE CENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - two wheat stalks framing value.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Production place:
San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collection date:
1919
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1919
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: bronze cent, accession number 2-34565, described as Lincoln wheat penny, 1919, minted in San Francisco. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / date - Lincoln bust facing right, motto top, date to left. Reverse: E PLURIBUS UNUM / ONE CENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - two wheat stalks framing value.

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