50 Cents, United States, 1839
date: label: Date made
content: 1839
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, New Orleans
label: designer
content: Gobrecht, Christian
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1839
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing bust of Liberty wearing a cap. 13 stars along coin edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1839 / O
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOL.
label: Description
content: The first half dollars ever produced for circulation by a branch mint were made in New Orleans in 1839. That branch was established because New Orleans was the major port of entry for gold and silver shipped from Central and South America. The O mintmark was used to distinguish its coins.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cox, R E
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU68340
label: accession number
content: 244872
label: catalog number
content: NU68340
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: 1.9 mm x 30 mm; 1/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 mm; x 1 3/16 in