Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50 cent coin, pattern
- United States, 1875
- Obverse Image: Liberty seated with shield and capped staff. 13 stars.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1875
- Reverse Image: Eagle with shield over chest, clutching arrows and branch. Scroll above eagle.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / HALF DOL.
- Description
- This is actually a "trial piece," a coin struck in soft metal from regular dies intended for circulating coinage. Two or three exist in aluminum including this one. [reference no. Judd 1419]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- R. E. Cox
- 1875
- ID Number
- NU.NU70723
- accession number
- 246796
- catalog number
- NU70723
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- aluminum (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30.6 mm; 1 7/32 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_1100969
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-6d68-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
