50 Cents, United States, 1853
date: label: Date made
content: 1853
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Gobrecht, Christian
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1853
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Seated Liberty with shield and cap on staff. 13 stars. Arrows on either side of date.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1853
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with shield over chest, clutching arrows and branch in talons. Rays around eagle.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOL.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.00170
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.00170
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: CM01501
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
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: 1.7 mm x 30.6 mm; 1/16 in x 1 7/32 in