Object Details
- Mormon Mint
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 10 dollar coin
- United States, 1849
- Obverse Image: Emblem of Mormon Priesthood: 3-pointed Phrygian Crown above all-seeing eye.
- Obverse Text: TO THE LORD HOLINESS
- Reverse Image: Clasped hands.
- Reverse Text: PURE GOLD / TEN DOLLARS / 1849
- Description
- Eagles with these designs were probably the first coins struck at the mint established by the Mormons. They were made from unalloyed gold, and no more than ten are known. The source of their metal was California. Mormon miners brought the gold home with them in the form of dust when they returned to Utah.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1849
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.2219
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.2219
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 27.2 mm; 1 1/16 in
- place of issue
- United States: Utah, Salt Lake City
- 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_1102349
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-ac63-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
