Coin: silver 50 cent

Museum number:

2-30871

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.1760

Description:

Barber half dollar, 1904, minted in San Francisco. Burnt in San Francisco fire of 1906. Obverse: ****** IN GOD WE TRUST ******* date - capped Liberty head facing right Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR - heraldic eagle, motto on ribbon and stars above

Donor:

Joseph A. Jadin

Collection place:

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

Burnt in San Francisco fire of 1906

Production place:

San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Culture or time period:

United States Historic

Maker or artist:

Charles E. Barber

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coins (money) and Half dollars

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

1904

Accession date:

1963

Department:

Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)

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