Coin: silver 50 cent

Museum number:

2-57128

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Accession number:

Acc.2970

Object count:

1

Description:

Columbian Exposition Commemorative Half Dollar silver/copper coin. Minted in Philadelphia, 1893. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR - Columbus head facing right Reverse: WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1893 / 1492 - Santa Maria, ship, center, two hemispheres below

Donor:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter

Collection place:

World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), Chicago, Illinois

Production place:

Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Culture or time period:

United States Historic

Maker or artist:

Olin Levi Warner

Collector:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.

Collection date:

1893

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coins (money) and Half dollars

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

1893

Accession date:

1973

Department:

Nonnative US and Canada (except California)

Legacy documentation: