50 Dollars, United States Assay Office of Gold, United States, 1851
date: label: date made
content: 1851
name: label: mint
content: United States Assay Office of Gold
label: maker
content: Humbert, Augustus
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1851
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Eagle standing on a rock, holding a shield, with a ribbon in its beak.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 880 THOUS. / 50 D C
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Engine-turned design.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Description
content: Large octagonal gold ingots, intended to ease transportation rather than function as circulating coins, were the first product of the United States Assay Office in San Francisco. Lacking its own equipment, the Assayer’s office contracted private companies to provide minting services. In 1854 the San Francisco branch mint opened and took over minting duties.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
label: place of issue
content: United States: California
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.1141
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.1141
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Object Name
content: ingot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: octagonal (overall shape)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;