50 Cents, Pattern, United States, 1916
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Object Details
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50 cent coin, pattern
- United States, 1916
- Obverse Image: Liberty walking left toward rising sun.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1916
- Reverse Image: Eagle perched, wings raised, facing left.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR / E PLURIBUS UNUM
- Description
- This may have actually been the first of designer Adolph A. Weinman's patterns for the half dollar. This is one of a half dozen known. [reference no. Judd1798]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1916
- ID Number
- 1985.0551.0741
- catalog number
- 1985.0551.0741
- accession number
- 1985.0551
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- silver (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: dia. 30.6 mm; wt. 12.620 g
- 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_1100340
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-78e1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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