Coin: silver 50 cent

Museum number:
2-34547
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034547
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Seated liberty half dollar, 1853, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: ************* date - Liberty seated, holding shield. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; HALF DOL. - eagle, shield on breast, holding branch and arrows, surrounded by rays.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Half dollars
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1853
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 50 cent, accession number 2-34547, described as Seated liberty half dollar, 1853, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: ************* date - Liberty seated, holding shield. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; HALF DOL. - eagle, shield on breast, holding branch and arrows, surrounded by rays.

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