Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- designer
- Reich, John
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar coin, proof
- United States, 1829
- Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Liberty facing left, hair bound with a fillet, stars surrounding, date below.
- Obverse Text: 1829
- Reverse Image: American eagle holding a bunch of arrows and branch, denomination.
- Reverse Text: UNITED / STATES / OF / AMERICA / E / PLURIBUS / UNUM / 5 D.
- Description
- The 1829 half eagle comes in two types, large-module, struck before the introduction of the restraining collar, and small-module, struck afterwards. One proof is known for the first category, three for the second. The Smithsonian proof is from the second group. The most obvious way of distinguishing the two types is by means of the date. The date is large on Type 2, much smaller on Type 2.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1829
- ID Number
- 1988.0063.0059
- catalog number
- 1988.0063.0059
- accession number
- 1988.0063
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 mm x 25 mm; 3/32 in x 31/32 in
- place of issue
- United States
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- 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_1077035
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-296a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
