Coin: silver 50 cent

Museum number:

2-57121

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.2970

Description:

Commemorative Bay Bridge half dollar, 1936, minted in San Francisco. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR / IN / GOD / WE / TRUST / LIBERTY - grizzly bear facing; Reverse: SAN FRANCISCO - OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE / 1936 - bridge and ferry building

Donor:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter

Collection place:

San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Production place:

San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Culture or time period:

United States Historic

Maker or artist:

Jacques Shinier

Collector:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coins (money) and Half dollars

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

1936

Accession date:

1973

Department:

Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)

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