1 Cent, United States, 1793
date: label: Date made
content: 1793
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: obverse designer
content: Droz, J. P.
label: reverse designer
content: Droz, J. P.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1793
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1793
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Unbroken chain.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT / 1/100
label: Description
content: The 1793 chain cent is one of the first circulating coins produced at the United States mint in Philadelphia. Objections to the coin were immediately raised by the public, with complaints that the chain design suggested slavery, and Liberty appeared wild and uncivilized. As a result, both were short-lived.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0357.0001
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0357.0001
label: accession number
content: 1991.0357
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (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: .3 cm x 2.8 cm; 1/8 in x 1 3/32 in