50 Cents, Panama-Pacific Exposition, United States, 1915
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: U.S. Mint, San Francisco
label: obverse designer
content: Barber, Charles
label: reverse designer
content: Morgan, George T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin, Panama-Pacific Exposition
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1915
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Columbia scattering flowers and a cherub holding a cornucopia. Setting sun in background.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION / 1915
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle perched on a shield, oak and olive branches on either side.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR / IN GOD WE TRUST
label: Description
content: Barber's final design efforts concentrated on commemorative coinage. For a world's fair celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal, he created a standing Columbia. Behind her, a small child with a cornucopia, symbolizing a new era of peace and plenty.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
label: place of issue
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: related event
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.01164
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.01164
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 01346
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