Coin: copper cent

Museum number:
2-34101
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Copper one cent (double head), mint date unknown. Obverse: WASHINGTON - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Reverse: ONE CENT - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Size: 2.5 cm. diam. Weight: 8.24 g.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
linear 25 millimeters and weight 8.24 grams
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34101, described as Copper one cent (double head), mint date unknown. Obverse: WASHINGTON - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Reverse: ONE CENT - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Size: 2.5 cm. diam. Weight: 8.24 g.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34101, described as Copper one cent (double head), mint date unknown. Obverse: WASHINGTON - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Reverse: ONE CENT - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Size: 2.5 cm. diam. Weight: 8.24 g.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34101, described as Copper one cent (double head), mint date unknown. Obverse: WASHINGTON - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Reverse: ONE CENT - Bust of Washington facing right, wearing laurel, elongated eight-point star below. Size: 2.5 cm. diam. Weight: 8.24 g.

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