50 Cents, United States, 1916
date: label: Date made
content: 1916
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Weinman, Adolph A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1916
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty walking toward a rising sun. Her right arm is outstretched, and she carries laurel and oak branches in her left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1916
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle perched on a mountain crag, wings spread.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / HALF DOLLAR
label: Description
content: In 1915, the Treasury held a contest with the ultimate aim of creating beautiful, memorable American coins. The winner for his half dollar was Adolph Alexander Weinman, who was born in Germany in 1880 and immigrated with his widowed mother to New York City in 1890. Weinman's design broke new ground. Liberty, wearing the American flag, strides toward the dawn. Even today the "Walking Liberty" half dollar represents for many a high point of American numismatic artistry. The magnificent reverse eagle adds to the beauty and reputation of the coin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1046.0757
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1046.0757
label: accession number
content: 1984.1046
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: 30.9 mm; x 1 3/16 in