2 1/2 Dollars, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, United States, 1915
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, San Francisco
label: maker
content: Barber, Charles
label: maker
content: Morgan, George T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin, proof, Panama-Pacific International Exposition
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1915
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Allegorical figure, Columbia, seated on a hippocampus, or mythological sea horse, and holding a caduceus.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: PANAMA - PACIFIC EXPOSITION / 1915 / S
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Left facing American eagle standing on a standard or plaque.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 2 1/2 DOL
label: Description
content: This and several other commemorative pieces were created at the San Francisco Mint to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and the exposition held in its honor. This Smithsonian specimen is the only known proof.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
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
label: See more items in
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0551.0780
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0551.0780
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: 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: dia. 17.8 mm; wt. 4.180 g