Coin: silver 1/2 dollar

Museum number:
2-34574
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034574
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Seated liberty half dollar, 1859, minted in New Orleans. "L F" carved crudely into obverse. Obverse: date - Liberty seated right, head left. Left hand holds pole with liberty cap on tip, right hand rest on shield resting on ground. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICAHALF DOL. - Eagle facing, shield on breast, head left.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
New Orleans mint, New Orleans, Louisiana
Production place:
New Orleans mint, New Orleans, Louisiana
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Christian Gobrecht
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money), Half dollars, and United States dollar (system of money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1859
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 1/2 dollar, accession number 2-34574, described as Seated liberty half dollar, 1859, minted in New Orleans. "L F" carved crudely into obverse. Obverse: date - Liberty seated right, head left. Left hand holds pole with liberty cap on tip, right hand rest on shield resting on ground. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICAHALF DOL. - Eagle facing, shield on breast, head left.

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