50 Dollars, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, United States, 1915
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: U.S. Mint, San Francisco
label: designer
content: Aitken, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 dollar coin, Panama-Pacific International Exposition
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1915
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Minerva/Athena facing left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIFTY DOLLARS / IN GOD WE TRUST / MCMXV
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Owl perched on pinecones.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO / E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Description
content: The first fifty-dollar coins officially issued by the United States were commemorative pieces for San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915. The coin was issued in both round and octagonal forms, bearing symbols of wisdom on both sides; the head of Minerva on the obverse, and an owl on the reverse. These pieces are among the rarest 20th century American coins.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
label: associated place
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: related event
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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: 1985.0551.0779
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0551.0779
label: accession number
content: 1985.0551
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Object Name
content: coin, commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: octagonal (overall shape)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;