10 Dollars, United States, 1798
date: label: Date made
content: 1798
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
label: designer
content: Scot, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 dollar coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1798
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a cap, facing right. 13 stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1798
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part, ribbon held in beak, 13 stars above eagle's head, 6 cloud-like shapes above stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: 1798 over 1797.
label: Description
content: Early eagles had numerous variations in the number and placement of obverse and reverse stars, details on the federal shield, and the date. This piece (with thirteen stars and a 1797 die redated to 1798) is one of the rarer varieties. About a dozen specimens are known including this one in the National Numismatic Collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
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: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.0267
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.0267
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
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: 33 mm; 1 5/16 in