Coin: silver 5 cent

Museum number:
2-56777
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056777
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Seated liberty half dime, 1854, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: date - Liberty seated, holding shield. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF / DIME / - value within wreath.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1854
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 5 cent, accession number 2-56777, described as Seated liberty half dime, 1854, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: date - Liberty seated, holding shield. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF / DIME / - value within wreath.

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