2 1/2 Dollars, United States, 1861
date: label: date made
content: 1861
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Gobrecht, Christian
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1861
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left facing Liberty with hair tied in a bun and wearing a coronet. 13 stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1861
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 2 1/2 D.
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
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.0551
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.0551
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (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: .125 cm x 1.7 cm; 1/16 in x 21/32 in