2 1/2 Dollars, United States, 1798
date: label: date made
content: 1798
name: label: maker
content: United States Mint
label: obverse designer
content: Scot, Robert
label: obverse engraver
content: Scot, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1798
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty wearing a cap, 13 stars along coin edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1798
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with outstretched wings holding arrows and branch in talons, shield with stripes on chest, ribbon above shield, stars above eagle's head.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.0050
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.0050
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: 195 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 2 cm; 1/32 in x 25/32 in