25 Cents, United States, 1796
date: label: Date made
content: 1796
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 25 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1796
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with flowing hair and draped bust. 15 stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1796
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle within wreath.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
label: Description
content: The quarter dollar was first produced in 1796, and was based on the Spanish monetary system then dominating world trade. Spanish dollars were worth eight reales, also known as “bits.” A quarter of a Spanish dollar was “two bits,” a term that became slang for the American quarter for centuries to come.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: city
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: city and province
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: province
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: country
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of the Treasury
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.0033
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 mm x 28 mm; 1/32 in x 1 3/32 in