Coin: silver dollar

Museum number:
2-34560
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034560
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Seated liberty silver dollar, 1847, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: ************* / LIBERTY on shield| 1843 - Liberty seated r., head l., holding cap (pilius) on a pole with one hand and resting the other on inscribed shield. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ONE DOL. - eagle facing, head facing left.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Christian Gobrecht
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money), Dollars (coins), and United States dollar (system of money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1847
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver dollar, accession number 2-34560, described as Seated liberty silver dollar, 1847, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: ************* / LIBERTY on shield| 1843 - Liberty seated r., head l., holding cap (pilius) on a pole with one hand and resting the other on inscribed shield. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ONE DOL. - eagle facing, head facing left.

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