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: On this octagonal version, there are eight small dolphins at the eight points of the octagon. Designed by Robert Aitken, these coins were part of an elaborate attempt to raise money for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, held in San Francisco between February and December 1915. In turn, the exposition was intended to celebrate the completion and opening of the Panama Canal in the previous year. The dolphins were on both sides of this octagonal version because they were friendly companions of the vessels making the trip from one ocean to another, via the new Isthmian waterway.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
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: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.01162
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.01162
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
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: .2 cm x 4.5 cm; 3/32 in x 1 25/32 in