Coin: ⅛ real

Museum number:
3-23263
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Durango mint, Durango City, Durango
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: ⅛ real, accession number 3-23263, described as Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ⅛ real, accession number 3-23263, described as Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ⅛ real, accession number 3-23263, described as Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ⅛ real, accession number 3-23263, described as Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ⅛ real, accession number 3-23263, described as Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ⅛ real, accession number 3-23263, described as Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ⅛ real, accession number 3-23263, described as Copper coin 1/8 real; 2.68 grams. Obverse: Eagle with a serpent in its mouth perched on a cactus plant 8 D. Reverse: LIBERTAD inscribed on a radiating banner 1824 (closer scrutiny reveals that what appears to be a banner may actually be the rim of a liberty cap inside which is the year dated).

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