Obverse Teutonic Eagle Topped Helmet Dollar Coin Sketch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1965
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Object Details
- artist
- Gasparro, Frank
- Description (Brief)
- Here Gasparro drew a view of Freedom from the bronze statue on the dome of the United States Capitol, originally designed by Thomas Crawford in 1863. Gasparro placed the allegorical figure into a mock-up for a new coin design. As the Mint chief engraver, he was always looking for new ways to use American iconography on coins. The large number of drawings that were preserved in many numismatic collections are evidence that Gasparro experimented and created many more designs for coins than were actually struck.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Christina Gasparro Hansen
- ca 1965
- ID Number
- 2009.0005.020
- catalog number
- 2009.0005.020
- accession number
- 2009.0005
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sheet: 26.6 cm x 20.3 cm; 10 1/2 in x 8 in
- overall: 16.1 cm; 6 5/16 in
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Art of Gasparro
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Art - Currency
- Record ID
- nmah_1373619
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fb66-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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