20 Dollars, United States, 1879
date: label: date made
content: 1879
name: label: designer
content: Longacre, James Barton
label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Carson City
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 20 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1879
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a coronet and facing left. 13 stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1879
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest. Scrolls on either side of eagle, ring of 13 stars above eagle's head, rays above stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY DOLLARS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / CC
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Nevada, Carson City
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: United States Double Eagle
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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.68.159.1001
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.1001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (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
content: overall: 2.1 mm x 34.1 mm; 3/32 in x 1 11/32 in