25 Cents, Pattern, United States, 1916
date: label: Date made
content: 1916
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 25 cent coin, pattern
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1916
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty stepping through a gateway holding shield and branch.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRVST / 1916
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle flying right. Laurel branches to left and right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLVRIBVS VNVM / QUARTER DOLLAR
label: Description
content: In 1915, the Treasury held a contest with the ultimate aim of creating beautiful, memorable American coins. Hermon Atkins MacNeil won the competition to design the new quarter. Liberty carries an upraised shield in her left hand and an olive branch in her right hand; most notably, this coin was the only circulating coin to feature Liberty with a bared breast. MacNeil transformed the old heraldic eagle into a living, soaring entity. Only three of these patterns are known to exist. A pattern coin is produced for the purpose of evaluating a proposed coin design-and the pattern itself is not intended for general circulation, although the same basic design, with modifications may later go into circulation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0551.0758
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0551.0758
label: accession number
content: 1985.0551
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
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