Coin: silver 10 cent

Museum number:
2-56928
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056928
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Mercury dime (Winged Liberty Head dime), 1938, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / date - monogram "AM" - Liberty, head winged, facing left; Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE DIME / E PLURIBUS UNUM - Fasces and olive branch.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Adolph Alexander Weinman
Collector:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1938
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 10 cent, accession number 2-56928, described as Mercury dime (Winged Liberty Head dime), 1938, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / date - monogram "AM" - Liberty, head winged, facing left; Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE DIME / E PLURIBUS UNUM - Fasces and olive branch.

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