Coin: bronze cent

Museum number:
2-56711
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056711
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Lincoln wheat penny, 1942, minted in Denver. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / date - Lincoln bust facing right, motto top, date to left. Reverse: E PLURIBUS UNUM / ONE CENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - two wheat stalks encircling value.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
Denver Mint, Denver, Denver County
Production place:
Denver Mint, Denver, Denver County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Victor David Brenner
Collector:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1942
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: bronze cent, accession number 2-56711, described as Lincoln wheat penny, 1942, minted in Denver. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / date - Lincoln bust facing right, motto top, date to left. Reverse: E PLURIBUS UNUM / ONE CENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - two wheat stalks encircling value.

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