Coin: silver 5 cent

Museum number:
2-56780
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056780
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Seated liberty half dime, 1872, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA date - Liberty seated, holding shield. Reverse: HALF / DIME / - value within wreath
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
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:
1872
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 5 cent, accession number 2-56780, described as Seated liberty half dime, 1872, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA date - Liberty seated, holding shield. Reverse: HALF / DIME / - value within wreath

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