1 Dollar, Lafayette, United States, 1900
date: label: date made
content: 1900
name: label: obverse designer
content: Barber, Charles
label: reverse designer
content: Barber, Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar coin, Lafayette
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1900
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portraits of George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette facing right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LAFAYETTE DOLLAR
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Statue of Lafayette on horseback.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ERECTED BY THE YOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES IN HONOR OF GEN LAFAYETTE / PARIS / 1900
label: Description
content: This coin was struck in connection with the Paris Exposition of 1900—specifically, to defray part of the cost of creating a statue of Lafayette on horseback to be shown at the fair. Fifty thousand pieces were struck in mid–December of 1899. One proof has been reported as well. This coin is not a proof, but a regular business strike in extraordinary condition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: Exposition Universelle (1900)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: See more items in
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: Selma Merkin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0288.0002
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0288.0002
label: accession number
content: 1994.0288
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Object Name
content: coin, commemorative
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 cm x 3.8 cm; 3/32 in x 1 1/2 in