8 Escudos, Mexico, 1859
date: label: date made
content: 1859
label: associated date
content: 1859
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 8 escudo coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: Mexico, 1859
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty cap, above a book and an outstretched arm.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY 1859
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: An eagle with wings spread clutches a snake in its beak over a patch of catus.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: REPUBLICA MEXICANA
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
label: place of issue
content: Mexico
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.2275
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.2275
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 3.7 cm; 3/32 in x 1 15/32 in