Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- designer
- Reich, John
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar coin
- United States, 1822
- Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head wearing a cap. 13 stars along coin edge.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1822
- Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest. Scroll above eagle.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 5 D.
- Description
- Eighteen thousand half eagles designed by Robert Scot were struck in 1822. Virtually all of them were melted down. Two of the three survivors are in the National Numismatic Collection. This one transferred from the U.S. Mint together with the specimen acquired with the Lilly Collection are legendary rarities of American numismatics.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
- 1822
- ID Number
- 1986.0836.0063
- accession number
- 1986.0836
- catalog number
- 1986.0836.0063
- Object Name
- coin
- proof coin
- Object Type
- coins
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .2 cm x 2.51 cm; 3/32 in x in
- place made
- 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_472679
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-d144-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
