Silver trade dollar, 1876, minted in San Francisco. Obverse: ********** / IN GOD WE TRUST / date - Liberty seated, laurel in right hand, bunch of wheat behind. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 420 GRAINS. 900 FINE. / TRADE DOLLAR - eagle head facing right, wings open, standing. on arrows and laurel sprig
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
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:
Christian Gobrecht
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money), Dollars (coins), and United States dollar (system of money)