Coin: 50 cent

Museum number:
3-23220
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
San Luis Potosí mint, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico
Production place:
San Luis Potosí mint, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1871
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: 50 cent, accession number 3-23220, described as Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: 50 cent, accession number 3-23220, described as Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: 50 cent, accession number 3-23220, described as Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: 50 cent, accession number 3-23220, described as Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: 50 cent, accession number 3-23220, described as Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: 50 cent, accession number 3-23220, described as Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: 50 cent, accession number 3-23220, described as Silver coin 50 centavos; 13.43 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA 1871 Eagle with a serpent in its mouth. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun. Below this symbol is a scale, a sword and a scroll with LEY inscribed on it. 50 CENTAVOS PtO, 902.7.

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