Coin: copper cent

Museum number:
2-34097
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Copper cent, 1783. Obverse: WASHINGTON and INDEPENDENCE - bust wearing laurel, facing left Reverse: UNITY STATES OF AMERICA / ONE / CENT / 1/100 - value within wreath Size: 2.6 cm. diam. Size: 6.44 g.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
United States
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:
1783
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
linear 26 millimeters and weight 6.44 grams
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34097, described as Copper cent, 1783. Obverse: WASHINGTON and INDEPENDENCE - bust wearing laurel, facing left Reverse: UNITY STATES OF AMERICA / ONE / CENT / 1/100 - value within wreath Size: 2.6 cm. diam. Size: 6.44 g.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34097, described as Copper cent, 1783. Obverse: WASHINGTON and INDEPENDENCE - bust wearing laurel, facing left Reverse: UNITY STATES OF AMERICA / ONE / CENT / 1/100 - value within wreath Size: 2.6 cm. diam. Size: 6.44 g.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34097, described as Copper cent, 1783. Obverse: WASHINGTON and INDEPENDENCE - bust wearing laurel, facing left Reverse: UNITY STATES OF AMERICA / ONE / CENT / 1/100 - value within wreath Size: 2.6 cm. diam. Size: 6.44 g.

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