Coin: ½ real

Museum number:
3-23237
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030023237
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Mexican Mint, Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
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
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ½ real, accession number 3-23237, described as Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ½ real, accession number 3-23237, described as Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ½ real, accession number 3-23237, described as Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ½ real, accession number 3-23237, described as Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ½ real, accession number 3-23237, described as Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ½ real, accession number 3-23237, described as Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ½ real, accession number 3-23237, described as Nickle and copper alloy coin 1/2 real; 1.68 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA MEXICANA Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant - on a wreath. Reverse: *1/2R.Mo.1862.C.H.10Ds.20Gs. LIBERTAD inscribed on a cap which is imposed on a shining sun.

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