1 Dollar, United States, 1859
date: label: Date made
content: 1859
name: label: maker
content: U.S. Mint, San Francisco
label: designer
content: Gobrecht, Christian
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1859
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Seated Liberty with shield and cap on staff. 13 stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1859
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with shield over chest, clutching arrows and branch in talons.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE DOL. / S
label: Description
content: During the California Gold Rush, a branch mint was established in San Francisco to handle local coinage of gold. In 1859, it began coining silver dollars as well. This example represents the first year of silver dollar production in San Francisco, and features Christian Gobrecht’s “Seated Liberty” design, which dominated American coinage in the mid-19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0178
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0178
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (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: 2.4 mm x 37.8 mm; 3/32 in x 1 1/2 in