Coin: silver 25 cent

Museum number:

2-57025

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.2970

Object count:

1

Description:

Seated liberty quarter, 1853, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: ************* date - Liberty seated, holding shield. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; QUAR. DOL. - eagle, wings spread, shield on breast.

Donor:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter

Collection place:

Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Production place:

Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County and United States

Culture or time period:

United States Historic

Maker or artist:

Christian Gobrecht

Collector:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coins (money) and Quarter dollars

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

1853

Accession date:

1973

Department:

Nonnative US and Canada (except California)

Legacy documentation: