Coin: silver 5 cent

Museum number:
2-34454
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034454
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Seated liberty half dime, 1841, minted in New Orleans. Obverse: date - Liberty seated, holding shield in right hand and flag in left. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF / DIME / - value within wreath
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1841
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 5 cent, accession number 2-34454, described as Seated liberty half dime, 1841, minted in New Orleans. Obverse: date - Liberty seated, holding shield in right hand and flag in left. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF / DIME / - value within wreath

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