Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint. Philadelphia
- Description
- United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Head of Liberty facing left, with coronet; stars around, date below. Reverse: Eagle, denomination. Five proof quarter eagles are known from this year, and two actual sets of 1843 proofs (featuring all denominations struck that year) were created at the Mint. The set transferred to the Smithsonian was broken up and separately housed many years ago; but the other set is said to exist still in its original case.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1843
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.0346
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.0346
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 180 (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_1078254
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-63f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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