Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- designer
- Gobrecht, Christian
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin, proof
- United States, 1840
- Obverse Image: Bust of Liberty facing left and wearing a coronet. Stars around.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1840
- Reverse Image: American eagle with wings spread, shield over chest, and clutching arrows and branch.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 2 1/2 D.
- Description
- United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Head of Liberty facing left, with coronet; stars around, date below. Reverse: Eagle, denomination (2 ½ D.). The quarter eagle carried the William Kneass designs a year longer than the half, but in 1840 a new Liberty head made its debut, another of Christian Gobrecht's concepts. It was tidy and serviceable, and it held the stage for nearly seventy years. A few proofs are also known from this first year of coining. This is one of three proofs that have been documented.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1840
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.0312
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.0312
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 mm; 23/32 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_1077812
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1617-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
