Coin: copper cent

Museum number:
2-34099
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Copper one cent minted 1788. Obverse: MASSACHUSETTS / date - Eagle holding olive branch and arrows Reverse: COMMONWEALTH - Native American man facing left and holding bow and arrow.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Massachusetts
Production place:
Massachusetts
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1788
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
linear 29 millimeters and weight 10 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34099, described as Copper one cent minted 1788. Obverse: MASSACHUSETTS / date - Eagle holding olive branch and arrows Reverse: COMMONWEALTH - Native American man facing left and holding bow and arrow.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34099, described as Copper one cent minted 1788. Obverse: MASSACHUSETTS / date - Eagle holding olive branch and arrows Reverse: COMMONWEALTH - Native American man facing left and holding bow and arrow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34099, described as Copper one cent minted 1788. Obverse: MASSACHUSETTS / date - Eagle holding olive branch and arrows Reverse: COMMONWEALTH - Native American man facing left and holding bow and arrow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34099, described as Copper one cent minted 1788. Obverse: MASSACHUSETTS / date - Eagle holding olive branch and arrows Reverse: COMMONWEALTH - Native American man facing left and holding bow and arrow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34099, described as Copper one cent minted 1788. Obverse: MASSACHUSETTS / date - Eagle holding olive branch and arrows Reverse: COMMONWEALTH - Native American man facing left and holding bow and arrow.

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