1 Real
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this El Salvadorian one-real coin around 1880. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill is an important example of early American industrial manufacturing that adapted armory machines to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, and coins.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: The legend reads: HACIENDA/1Real/SANTA EMILIA.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Image of a tree. The legend reads: BLANCOY MERLOS/1880/SAN SALVADOR
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
label: place used
content: El Salvador
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1668
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1668
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Object Name
content: token
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.9 cm; 1 1/8 in