RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
1/2 Cent, United States, 1803
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1803
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.4 mm x 23.5 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Credit line: Rowland S. Wilson
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1803
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1803
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1803
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1803
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.6 mm x 23.4 mm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in
Credit line: Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1803
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1803
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
10 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 3.2 cm; 1/32 in x 1 1/4 in
Credit line: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
Topics: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
Description (Brief): One (1) 10 dollar coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a cap, facing right. 13 stars around.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part, ribbon held in beak, 13 stars above eagle's head, 6 cloud-like shapes above stars.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
General Information: Crosslet 4.
10 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.3 mm x 32.4 mm; 1/16 in x 1 9/32 in
Credit line: Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
Description (Brief): One (1) 10 dollar coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a cap, facing right. 13 stars around.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part, ribbon held in beak, 13 stars above eagle's head, 6 cloud-like shapes above stars.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
General Information: Crosslet 4 variety.
5 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 2.5 cm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in
Credit line: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
Topics: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
Description (Brief): One (1) 5 dollar coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty head with flowing hair wearing cap, 13 stars along coin edge.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, ribbon held in beak, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part, 13 stars overhead, 6 cloud like shapes above stars.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
General Information: Small 8 stamped over large 8.
5 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.1 mm x 25.1 mm; 1/32 in x in
Credit line: Charles McCormick
5 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 2.5 cm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in
Credit line: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
Topics: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
Description (Brief): One (1) 5 dollar coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty head with flowing hair wearing cap, 13 stars along coin edge.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, ribbon held in beak, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part, 13 stars along coin edge.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
General Information: Small 8.
5 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
Measurements: overall: 1 mm x 25.2 mm; 1/32 in x in
Credit line: Hauck, Frederick A
5 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.1 mm x 25.9 mm; 1/32 in x 1 1/32 in
Credit line: Hauck, Frederick A
5 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1 mm x 25.2 mm; 1/32 in x in
Credit line: Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
2 1/2 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 2 cm; 1/32 in x 25/32 in
Credit line: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
Topics: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
Description (Brief): One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty wearing a cap, 13 stars along coin edge.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with outstretched wings holding arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest, ribbon above shield, 14 stars above eagle's head.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
2 1/2 Dollars, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: gold (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .8 mm x 20.2 mm; 1/32 in x 25/32 in
Credit line: Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
Description (Brief): One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty wearing a cap, 13 stars along coin edge.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with outstretched wings holding arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest, ribbon above shield, 14 stars above eagle's head.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
1 Dollar, United States, 1804 (Class I)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date made: 1804
mint: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
place made: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .3 cm x 4 cm; 1/8 in x 1 9/16 in
Credit line: U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
Publisher: Zoomable Image and Details, Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms, http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
Topics: Money
Coins
Numismatics
Description: The early dollars from the United States Mint were not instantly embraced by the public, which had become accustomed to the dollar's predecessor, the Spanish-American Piece of Eight. That coin contained slightly more silver than its new competitor.
Then some entrepreneurs made an interesting discovery. They could buy American dollars, send them to the West Indies, and exchange them there at par for Spanish-American Pieces of Eight. Then they could bring the pesos home, turn them in to the Mint for melting, and make a profit by getting paid back in shiny new dollars.
When the scheme was uncovered, it resulted in a thirty-year halt in dollar production, beginning in 1805. Some 19,570 dollars were coined in 1804, before the halt began. Interestingly, they weren't dated 1804, but 1803, thus avoiding the production of new dies. Although a common, cost-cutting policy at the early United States Mint, this act led to confusion years later, and to three legendary coins included in this exhibition.
By the 1830s, American officials were actively exploring commercial opportunities elsewhere in the world. Seeking to influence foreign dignitaries, the Jackson administration instructed the Mint to create complete sets of specimen coins as gifts.
The Philadelphia coiners did so for most other denominations without difficulty. But what to do about the silver dollar? They knew that 1804 dollars had been struck, but there didn't seem to be any survivors. So in November 1834, they created eight new 1804-dated dollars for the gift sets (later termed "class one" 1804 dollars).
One of the eight became part of the set given to the Imam of Muscat, and another was sent to the King of Siam. And the other six? Within a few years, they escaped into private hands or entered circulation. And they became numismatic legends very quickly, for they had it all: mystery, intrigue, and tremendous rarity.
1 Dollar, United States, 1804 (Class II)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date made: 1804
mint: U.S. Mint (unauthorized)
place made: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .25 cm x 3.8 cm; 3/32 in x 1 1/2 in
Credit line: U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
Publisher: Zoomable Image and Details, Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The, Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms, http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
Topics: Money
Coins
Numismatics
Description: If you look very closely at the reverse of this, the sole remaining "class two" 1804 dollar, you will discern a slight shifting of the relationship between the clouds and the lettering above them.
This discrepancy, which distinguishes it from the "class one" and "class three" 1804 dollars, suggests that a new reverse die was employed to strike the coin. This new die was necessary because the old one had either been broken, rusted, or simply discarded after the coinage of 1834, when the class one dollars were struck.
This coin was made a quarter-century later, by a group of enterprising coiners who had decided to go into the rarities business. In addition to making a new die, these midnight coiners had to have stock on which to use it. Instead of following the usual procedure of rolling out a strip of metal to the correct thickness, then blanking it to the correct size-a difficult and expensive process, they decided to start with an existing coin and overstrike it with the new die. That way the new coin would be of about the right weight and thickness. This coin shows traces of the original design: it began its life as a Swiss thaler dated 1857!
When word got out about what was going on, the Mint Director swooped down on the miscreants. All their coins but this one were retrieved and ordered melted down. It remains: a somewhat tarnished, but still legendary rarity.
1 Dollar, Counterfeit, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 2 mm x 39.3 mm; 3/32 in x 1 9/16 in
Credit line: U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
25 Cents, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 2.8 cm; 1/32 in x 1 3/32 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 25 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with draped bust. 13 stars.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 25 C. / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Description: Quarters were not struck regularly during the early years of the American republic, perhaps because so many two-real pieces were still circulating that fewer of the American coins were needed. Scot's heraldic reverse followed his designs for larger and smaller denominations.
25 Cents, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1 mm x 28.2 mm; 1/32 in x 1 1/8 in
Credit line: Chase Manhattan
Description (Brief): One (1) 25 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with draped bust. 13 stars.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 25 C. / E PLURIBUS UNUM
25 Cents, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1 mm x 28.3 mm; 1/32 in x 1 1/8 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 25 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with draped bust. 13 stars.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 25 C. / E PLURIBUS UNUM
10 Cents, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .7 mm x 20 mm; 1/32 in x 25/32 in
Credit line: Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
Description (Brief): One (1) 10 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with flowing hair and draped bust. 13 stars.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle. 13 stars above eagle.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
1 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 2 mm x 28.5 mm; 3/32 in x 1 1/8 in
Credit line: Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
Description (Brief): One (1) cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with flowing hair and draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT / 1/100
1 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 2.6 mm x 28.6 mm; 3/32 in x 1 1/8 in
Credit line: John Roper
Description (Brief): One (1) cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with flowing hair and draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT / 1/100
General Information: Restrike
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.6 mm x 23.4 mm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.5 mm x 23.5 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
overall: 23 mm; x 7/8 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.5 mm x 23.6 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: "Spiked chin" type.
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.4 mm x 23.6 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: Plain edge. Crosslet 4, stems.
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.5 mm x 23.7 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.4 mm x 23.5 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: Plain edge. Crosslet 4, stems.
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.4 mm x 23.7 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: Plain edge. Crosslet 4, stems.
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.5 mm x 23.6 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Credit line: Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: Crosslet 4
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 1.4 mm x 23.6 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200