2 1/2 Dollars, Proof, United States, 1840
date: label: Date made
content: 1840
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
label: designer
content: Gobrecht, Christian
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1840
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Liberty facing left and wearing a coronet. Stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1840
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: American eagle with wings spread, shield over chest, and clutching arrows and branch.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 2 1/2 D.
label: Description
content: United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Head of Liberty facing left, with coronet; stars around, date below. Reverse: Eagle, denomination (2 ½ D.). The quarter eagle carried the William Kneass designs a year longer than the half, but in 1840 a new Liberty head made its debut, another of Christian Gobrecht's concepts. It was tidy and serviceable, and it held the stage for nearly seventy years. A few proofs are also known from this first year of coining. This is one of three proofs that have been documented.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.0312
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0312
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
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: 18 mm; 23/32 in