Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- designer
- Kneass, William
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar coin, proof
- United States, 1834
- Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head with curled hair and wearing headband. 13 stars along coin edge.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1834
- Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 D.
- Description
- William Kneass was responsible for a new and altogether charming version of the Liberty head, employed on half and quarter eagles during the second half of the 1830s. For the first time since the 1790s, the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM was absent from the half eagle and its smaller relative. This was to distinguish the new coins from earlier ones. The older coins were now worth more than their stated value and were being exported and melted. Including this coin, eight proofs of the new 1834 half eagle are recorded. Collectors call this design the "Classic Head."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1834
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.0259
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.0259
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 2.25 cm; 1/32 in x 7/8 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_1077330
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d12c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
