50 Cents, United States, 1891
date: label: date made
content: 1891
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, 1891
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Capped portrait bust of Liberty facing right; stars around edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / 1891
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle, stars and clouds above.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / HALF DOLLAR
label: Description
content: United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Capped head of Liberty facing right; stars around and date below. Reverse: Heraldic eagle, stars and clouds above, denomination below. This is one of a series of pattern half dollars by Charles E. Barber. The obverse design is essentially identical with the format adopted for coinage in 1892. The reverse is different, and the clouds above the eagle never appeared on circulating coinage. This pattern is unique.
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
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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: Transfer from the United States Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.2080
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.2080
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Object Name
content: pattern 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: 2 mm x 30.5 mm; 3/32 in x 1 3/16 in