Object Details
- U.S. Mint
- Description
- United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Liberty head left, date below, weight and fineness around. Reverse: Eagle as on normal twenty-dollar coin, but Latin motto DEO EST GLORIA in place of IN GOD WE TRUST. This pattern came from the same impetus that led to the creation of the four-dollar gold coin, or Stella. The aim was to give American coinage a greater competitiveness and convertibility in international markets. Nine of these pieces are accounted for in gold including this one. [reference no. Judd 1643]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harvey G. and Lawrence R. Stack
- 1879
- ID Number
- 1994.0371.0001
- accession number
- 1994.0371
- catalog number
- 1994.0371.0001
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .2 cm x 3.4 cm; 3/32 in x 1 11/32 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_472690
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b39c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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