1 Cent, United States, 1795
date: label: Date made
content: 1795
name: label: maker
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1795
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with staff and cap over her left shoulder.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1795
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Wreath.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT / 1/100
label: Description
content: When copper for coining was scarce, the mint would use any source of metal available, including other coins. This 1795 cent was minted on top of a Talbot, Allum, & Lee copper – a token produced by a New York based mercantile company of the same name. The original inscription “Liberty & Commerce” can still be read on the obverse, while the rigging and sails of a ship can be seen on the reverse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.0028
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0028
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.6 mm x 1.8 mm x 29.4 mm; 1 5/32 in x 1/16 in x 1 5/32 in