Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- designer
- Kneass, William
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin, proof
- United States, 1837
- Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a headband, 13 stars along coin edge.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1837
- Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 2 1/2 D.
- Description
- Two other quarter eagle proofs have been reported for 1837, although those two may be the same coin, sold in 1904 and kept in hiding for three-quarters of a century!
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1837
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.0284
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.0284
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- struck (overall production method)
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 mm; 23/32 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
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1077579
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1f93-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
