1 Peso Cent Sketch, United States, 1899
date: label: date made
content: 1899
name: label: maker
content: Barber, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. took over Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War in 1898. This sketch drawn by U.S. Mint engraver Charles E. Barber indicates that the U.S. may have considered issuing a peso coin worth sixty cents in 1899 for the “Isla de Puerto Rico.” The coin was never issued, but this sketch is a reminder of the long history of multilingualism in America and the significance of the choice of language on money.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Puerto Rico
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Stack Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU97044
label: accession number
content: 264046
label: catalog number
content: NU97044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.95 cm x 11.5 cm x .01 cm; 3 17/32 in x 4 17/32 in x in