Coin: ¼ real

Museum number:
3-23268
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
San Luis Potosí mint, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ¼ real, accession number 3-23268, described as Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ¼ real, accession number 3-23268, described as Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ¼ real, accession number 3-23268, described as Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ¼ real, accession number 3-23268, described as Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ¼ real, accession number 3-23268, described as Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ¼ real, accession number 3-23268, described as Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ¼ real, accession number 3-23268, described as Copper coin 1/4 real; 8.98 grams. Obverse: Crowned seated female with a quiver on her back, a scepter and an arrow with the liberty cap on it. In back of her is a cactus plant, MEXICO LIBRE. Reverse: 1/4 over an open book which are partly surrounded by a wreath ESTADO LIBRE DE SAN LUIS POTOSI 1830.

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