Coin: silver 50 cent

Museum number:

2-57178

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Accession number:

Acc.2970

Object count:

1

Description:

Walking Liberty half dollar, 1947, minted in Denver. Obverse: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / (date) - Liberty walking left, holding branches of laurel and oak. rising sun on left side Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR - eagle standing, facing left, wings outstretched, perched on rock next to mountain pine. Size: 3.0 cm. diameter Weight: 12.42 g

Donor:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter

Collection place:

Denver Mint, Denver, Denver County

Production place:

Denver Mint, Denver, Denver County

Culture or time period:

United States Historic

Maker or artist:

Adolph Alexander Weinman

Collector:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coins (money) and Half dollars

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

1947

Accession date:

1973

Department:

Nonnative US and Canada (except California)

Legacy documentation: