50 Cents, Pattern, United States, 1875
date: label: Date made
content: 1875
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin, pattern
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1875
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty seated with shield and capped staff. 13 stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1875
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with shield over chest, clutching arrows and branch. Scroll above eagle.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / HALF DOL.
label: Description
content: This is actually a "trial piece," a coin struck in soft metal from regular dies intended for circulating coinage. Two or three exist in aluminum including this one. [reference no. Judd 1419]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: R. E. Cox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU70723
label: accession number
content: 246796
label: catalog number
content: NU70723
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: 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: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.6 mm; 1 7/32 in