Coin: copper cent

Museum number:
2-34105
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034105
Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Liberty head large cent (braided hair variant) 1851, minted in New Orleans. Obverse: ************* 1851 - Liberty Coronet Head, facing left. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE CENT - wreath Size: 2.7 cm. diam. Weight: 10.21 g.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
New Orleans mint, New Orleans, Louisiana
Production place:
New Orleans mint, New Orleans, Louisiana
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1851
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
linear 27 millimeters and weight 10.21 grams
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34105, described as Liberty head large cent (braided hair variant) 1851, minted in New Orleans. Obverse: ************* 1851 - Liberty Coronet Head, facing left. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE CENT - wreath Size: 2.7 cm. diam. Weight: 10.21 g.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34105, described as Liberty head large cent (braided hair variant) 1851, minted in New Orleans. Obverse: ************* 1851 - Liberty Coronet Head, facing left. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE CENT - wreath Size: 2.7 cm. diam. Weight: 10.21 g.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34105, described as Liberty head large cent (braided hair variant) 1851, minted in New Orleans. Obverse: ************* 1851 - Liberty Coronet Head, facing left. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE CENT - wreath Size: 2.7 cm. diam. Weight: 10.21 g.

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