1/2 Dollar, Continental Congress, 1776
date: label: date on object
content: 1776-02-17
label: date made
content: 1776
name: label: maker
content: Continental Congress
label: maker
content: Hall & Sellers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 1/2 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colonial America, 1776
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Rays shinning on the "All Seeing Eye" at the top of a pyramid.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: HALF / A DOLLAR / NO.169692 / HALF A DOLLAR, / ACCORDING TO A RESOLUTION OF CON-GRESS, PAS-SED AT PHI-LADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 17, 1776 / HALF A DOLLAR / MIND YOUR BUSINESS
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Thirteen (13) interlocking rings representing the colonies.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: HALF A DOLLAR / PRINTED BY HALL & SELLERS, IN PHILADELPHIA. / 1776. / AMERICAN CONGRESS / WE ARE ONE / GEORGIA. / N. HAMPS / MASSACHS. / CONNECT. / R. ISLAND. / N. YORK. / N. JERSEY. / PENNSYLV. / DELAWARE. / MARYLAND. / VIRGINA. / N. CAROLA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: NNC Colonial Currency
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content: NNC Continental Currency
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0009.0034
label: accession number
content: 2018.0009
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0009.0034
label: serial number
content: 169692
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.8 cm x 6.5 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/16 in x 2 9/16 in x in