10 Dollars, Pacific Company, United States, 1849
date: label: Date made
content: 1849
name: label: maker
content: Pacific Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1849
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty cap on a pole with stars and rays radiating from it.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 10 DOLLARS.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle holding a branch and a hammer.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: PACIFIC COMPANY, CALIFORNIA. / 1849.
label: Description
content: Produced by the Pacific Company, California.
label: Description
content: The pieces bearing the name of the Pacific Company have a somewhat complex history. A consortium bearing that name came to San Francisco in September 1849, but the members almost immediately fell out with each other. The firm disbanded the following month, and it has been conjectured that the dies for its coinage were sold to another coiner, Broderick & Kohler. That group in turn may have used the dies for five dollar as well as ten dollar gold pieces to strike a few examples of each. This is one of four pieces known for the ten dollar piece.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.2212
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.2212
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.2 mm; 1 1/8 in