Obverse Teutonic Eagle Topped Helmet Dollar Coin Sketch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1965
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
name: label: artist
content: Gasparro, Frank
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Here Gasparro drew a view of <I>Freedom</I> from the bronze statue on the dome of the United States Capitol, originally designed by Thomas Crawford in 1863. Gasparro placed the allegorical figure into a mock-up for a new coin design. As the Mint chief engraver, he was always looking for new ways to use American iconography on coins. The large number of drawings that were preserved in many numismatic collections are evidence that Gasparro experimented and created many more designs for coins than were actually struck.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Art - Currency
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Art of Gasparro
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Christina Gasparro Hansen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0005.020
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0005.020
label: accession number
content: 2009.0005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 26.6 cm x 20.3 cm; 10 1/2 in x 8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.1 cm; 6 5/16 in