Coin: silver 50 cent

Museum number:
2-57131
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020057131
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Monroe Doctrine Commemorative Half Dollar coin. Minted in San Francisco,1923. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1923 / MONROE ADAMS / HALF DOLLAR - Two profiles of John Quincey Adams and James Monroe. Reverse: MONROE DOCTRINE CENTENNIAL / 1823 1923 / LOS ANGELES - North and South America formed by two female bodies. Weight: 12.57 g. Size: 3.0 cm. diameter. Condition: extremely fine. Made of silver and copper. Coined at San Francisco mint, 1923.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Production place:
San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Half dollars
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1923
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 50 cent, accession number 2-57131, described as Monroe Doctrine Commemorative Half Dollar coin. Minted in San Francisco,1923. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1923 / MONROE ADAMS / HALF DOLLAR - Two profiles of John Quincey Adams and James Monroe. Reverse: MONROE DOCTRINE CENTENNIAL / 1823 1923 / LOS ANGELES - North and South America formed by two female bodies. Weight: 12.57 g. Size: 3.0 cm. diameter. Condition: extremely fine. Made of silver and copper. Coined at San Francisco mint, 1923.

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