50 Dollars, Pattern, United States, 1877
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Object Details
- obverse designer
- Barber, William
- reverse designer
- Barber, William
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50 dollar coin, pattern
- United States, 1877
- Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a coronet. 13 stars.
- Obversre Text: LIBERTY / 1877
- Reverse Image: A modified heraldic eagle with a shield over chest, holding a double scroll, clutching arrows and branch. Rays and stars above eagle.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIFTY DOLLARS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
- Description
- William Barber, father of famed U.S. Mint designer Charles E. Barber, was the designer here. Perhaps ten copper patterns from this combination of dies including this specimen are known.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1877
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.2017
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.2017
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- copper (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 51 mm; 2 in
- place of issue
- United States
- Related Publication
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1099722
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-2384-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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