2 1/2 Dollars , Proof, United States, 1829
date: label: date made
content: 1829
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
label: designer
content: Reich, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1829
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head wearing cap surrounded by 13 stars along coin edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1829
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield on chest. Scroll above eagle.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 2 1/2 D.
label: Description
content: This 1829 proof quarter eagle introduces us to a modified coining technique and to a slightly modified design. The coin (and its multiple, the half eagle) would henceforth be struck using a one-piece, "close" collar. Also, a third die whose vertical striations produced the familiar "reeded" edge we still see on coins today.
label: Description
content: Striking the quarter and half eagles in a collar resulted in better metal flow and sharper detail. But it also required modest changes in the obverse and reverse designs. The work was carried out by William Kneass. As many as a dozen 1829 proof quarter eagles including this one may exist. Most have been damaged by handling.
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: 1985.0441.0223
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0223
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (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: 1.5 mm x 19 mm; 1/16 in x 3/4 in