Commemorating the Year 1857
date: label: date on object
content: 1857
label: date made
content: 1971
name: label: maker
content: Franklin Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Commemorating the Year 1857 medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1971
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Court scene.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: SUPREME COURT DECISION FAVORS SLAVERY / MARCH 6, 1857
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 1857 / FEB. 21 - CONGRESS / REMOVES THE LEGAL TENDER / STATUS OF FOREIGN COINAGE; / MAR. 3 - GENERAL REDUCTION / OF TARIFF; MAR. 6 - DRED SCOTT / DECISION BY SUPREME COURT INFLAMES / SLAVERY ISSUE; SUMMER - PUBLI- / CATION OF "IMPENDING CRISIS / OF THE SOUTH"; AUG. / BUSINESS FAILURES RESULT / IN FINANCIAL PANIC.
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Franklin Mint "History of the United States" series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Franklin Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.83.47.2
label: catalog number
content: 83.47.2
label: serial number
content: 0965
label: accession number
content: 1983.0680
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (obverse material)
label: Measurements
content: medal: 4.44 cm; 1 3/4 in