20 Dollars, United States Assay Office of Gold, United States, 1853
date: label: Date made
content: 1853
name: label: mint
content: United States Assay Office of Gold
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 20 dollar coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1853
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Eagle with shield, arrows, and branch; ribbon in beak.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY D. / 900 THOUS. / LIBERTY
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Engine-turning design.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES ASSAY OFFICE OF GOLD / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA. 1853.
label: Description
content: This was the final production of the provisional United States operation in San Francisco. A formal branch U.S. Mint was set up soon and began operations in the spring of 1854. A few proof strikes of the 1853 double eagle are known, including this coin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States: California, San Francisco
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0551.0720
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0551.0720
label: accession number
content: 1985.0551
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: 34 mm; 1 11/32 in