Object Details
- issuing authority
- Getz, Peter
- moneyer
- Getz, Peter
- obverse designer
- Getz, Peter
- reverse designer
- Getz, Peter
- United States Mint
- Description
- Produced by Peter Getz at a temporary mint in Philadelphia. Obverse: Bust of George Washington in uniform, date below. Reverse: Eagle, stars above. Peter Getz created the dies for these and several other pieces, basing his designs on two British copper proposals of 1791. The United States lacked a mint, and so the Getz pieces were struck in the coach house of John Harper, a metallurgical expert then resident in Philadelphia. Only a few specimens including this piece survive in silver. There are handful more in copper. The scheme for adopting this design came to naught when President Washington declined the honor of appearance on American coinage. Apparently, Washington preferred a depiction of Liberty on the national coinage rather than a portrait of himself.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harvey and Lawrence Stack
- 1792
- ID Number
- 1993.0532.0002
- catalog number
- 1993.0532.0002
- accession number
- 1993.0532
- catalog number
- 93.532.02
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- silver (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 35 mm; 1 3/8 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_1157578
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f959-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
