50 Cents, World's Columbian Exposition, United States, 1892
date: label: Date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: United States Mint
label: obverse designer
content: Barber, Charles
label: reverse designer
content: Morgan, George T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin, World's Columbian Exposition
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1892
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait of Christopher Columbus facing right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: The Santa Maria and two globes.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION / CHICAGO / 1492 / 1892
label: Description
content: Barber created America's first commemorative coins. His sensitive but fanciful portrait of Christopher Columbus is complimented by a reverse designed by George T. Morgan.
label: Description
content: To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ first visit to America, the World’s Columbian Exposition, or Chicago World’s Fair, was held in 1893. The first ever US government commemorative coins were issued for the occasion. The “Columbian half dollar” was minted and dated in both 1892 and 1893, and was sold at the exposition as a souvenir.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: World's Columbian Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0551.0764
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0551.0764
label: accession number
content: 1985.0551
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Object Name
content: coin, commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (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: 30.5 mm; x 1 3/16 in