Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- Description
- United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Liberty head left, with unbound hair; date below. Reverse: Small eagle, DISME below. The term "disme" was the original choice of the name for a tenth of a dollar. It was probably pronounced "deem."
- Adam Eckfeldt created the obverse die. William Birch was likely responsible for the reverse die. Henry Voigt did the actual coining. This activity was taking place in a completed section of the new United States Mint. The workers were constructing the rest of the building!
- This piece is one of a dozen of these patterns known.
- [reference no. Judd 1792]
- Credit Line
- Transfer from the United States Mint
- 1792
- ID Number
- 1991.0357.0122
- catalog number
- 1991.0357.0122
- accession number
- 1991.0357
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- copper (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 2.7 cm; 1/32 in x 1 1/16 in
- place of issue
- United States
- Related Publication
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Exhibition
- Value of Money
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1099126
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-5b45-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
