Coins, Currency, and Medals

$100,000 U.S. Gold Certificate

The museum possesses one of the largest and most diverse numismatic collections in the world. Its diverse holdings represent every inhabited continent and span more than three millennia. The collection includes coins, paper money, medals, tokens, commodity and alternative currencies, coin dies, printing plates, scales and weights, financial documents and apparatuses, credit cards, and objects that reflect established and emerging digital monetary technologies worldwide.

Place: United States

Missouri Single Mill Sales Tax Token

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this sales tax token around 1935. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this sales tax token around 1935. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens. This token was used when the sales tax was less than a cent. There is a hole in the center of the token.
Obverse: Image of the state of Missouri, with “1” in the center. The legend reads: MISSOURI SALES TAX RECEIPT/ 1.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1935
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1550
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1550

2 1/2 Centavos

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Dominican Republic 2½-centavos coin around 1877. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Dominican Republic 2½-centavos coin around 1877. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill is an important example of early American industrial manufacturing that adapted armory machines to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, and coins.
Obverse: The legend reads: REPUBLICA DOMINICANA/2½ CENTAVOS/1877
Reverse: Image of a wreath around the rim, with a cross at the center.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1877
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1672
catalog number
1981.0296.1672
accession number
1981.0296

Missouri Five Mill Sales Tax Token

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this sales tax token around 1935. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this sales tax token around 1935. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens. This token was used when the sales tax was less than a cent. There is a hole in the center of the token.
Obverse: Image of the state of Missouri. The legend reads: MISSOURI SALES TAX RECEIPT/ 5/ 5.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1935
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1551
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1551

$1000 interest bearing note, Montgomery, Alabama, May 28, 1861

When the Civil War began the Confederate Government still accepted United States currency. Initially they printed a million dollars’ worth of notes, like this one thousand-dollar note.
Description
When the Civil War began the Confederate Government still accepted United States currency. Initially they printed a million dollars’ worth of notes, like this one thousand-dollar note. Notes like this were treated more as bonds than bills since they were issued in such large denominations including $50, $100, and $500. At this time much of the Confederate currency was produced in New York City. Eventually other printing firms such as the Southern Bank Note Company in New Orleans would fill the void.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1861-05-28
ID Number
NU.73.11.0008
catalog number
73.11.0008
accession number
305034

100 Dollars, Virginia, Confederate States of America, 1862

One (1) 100 dollar noteVirginia, Confederate States of America, 1862Obverse Image: Confederate soldiers at left. In center, Lucy Holcombe Pickens facing right. At right, a portrait of George W. Randolph.Obverse Text: C / 100 / RICHMOND, DECR. 2ND, 1862 / NO.
Description (Brief)
One (1) 100 dollar note
Virginia, Confederate States of America, 1862
Obverse Image: Confederate soldiers at left. In center, Lucy Holcombe Pickens facing right. At right, a portrait of George W. Randolph.
Obverse Text: C / 100 / RICHMOND, DECR. 2ND, 1862 / NO. 117381 / THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS / A / FOR REGISTER / FOR TREASURER / KEATINGE & BALL, COLUMBIA, S.C.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1862
maker
Keatinge & Ball
ID Number
NU.73.11.0115
accession number
305034
catalog number
73.11.0115
serial number
117381

10 Dollars, Bank of the Commonwealth, Virginia, United States, 1858

One (1) 10 dollar noteVirginia, United States, 1858Obverse Image: Portrait of James Madison at left. In center, two men in front of George Washington's profile with dog and ships in background.
Description (Brief)
One (1) 10 dollar note
Virginia, United States, 1858
Obverse Image: Portrait of James Madison at left. In center, two men in front of George Washington's profile with dog and ships in background. Warrior for pledge of security at right.
Obverse Text: 10 / STATE OF VIRGINIA / THE BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH WILL PAY TO BEARER TEN DOLLARS ON DEMAND / NO. 1217 / B / RICHMOND, SEPT 4 1858 / CASHR. / PREST. / BALD, COUSLAND & CO. PHILADA & NEW YORK / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1858
maker
Bald, Cousland & Co.
American Bank Note Company
ID Number
NU.73.11.1067
catalog number
73.11.1067
accession number
305034
serial number
1217

5 Centavos

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Nicaraguan five centavos coin around the 1898. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Nicaraguan five centavos coin around the 1898. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, and coins.
Obverse: Image of the Nicaragua coat of arms, consisting of a triangle, a Phrygian cap and five volcanoes. The legend reads: ESTADO DE NICARAGUA.
Reverse: Floral wreath around the rim. Legend reads: 5/CENTAVOS/1898
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1898
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1582
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1582

Hard Times Token

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this hard times token around 1841. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this hard times token around 1841. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and transportation tokens.
Obverse Profile image of Lady Liberty facing left.: The legend reads: E PLURIBUS UNUM/1841.
Reverse: The legend reads: MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE/NOT ONE CENT/FOR TRIBUTE.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1841
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1615
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1615

Missouri Five Mill Sales Tax Token

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this sales tax token around 1935. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this sales tax token around 1935. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens. This token was used when Missouri’s sales tax was less than a cent.
Obverse: Image of the state of Missouri. Legend reads: MISSOURI SALES TAX RECEIPT/ 5/ 5.
Reverse: Image of the state of Missouri. Legend reads: MISSOURI SALES TAX RECEIPT/ 5/ 5.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1935
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1542
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1542

Scovill Centennial Commemorative Medal

This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1902. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1902. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods.
Obverse: Bust of James Mitchell Lamson Scovill and William Henry Scovill. The legend reads: SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY/ J.M.L. SCOVILL-Wm. H. SCOVILL/1802-1902 WATERBURY, CONN.
Reverse: The legend reads: CENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO./PRESENTED BY THE COMPANY TO (blank) 1802/ABEL PORTER & CO./1811/LEAVENWORTH HAYDEN & SCOVILL/1827/J.M.L. & W.H. SCOVILL/1850/SCOVILL MFG. CO.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1902
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1589
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1589

5 Centavos

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Nicaraguan five centavos coin around the 1898. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Nicaraguan five centavos coin around the 1898. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, and coins.
Obverse: Image of the Nicaragua coat of arms, consisting of a triangle, a Phrygian cap, and five volcanoes. The legend reads: ESTADO DE NICARAGUA
Reverse: Floral wreath around the rim. Legend reads: 5/CENTAVOS
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1898
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1601
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1601

Scovill Centennial Commemorative Medal

This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1902. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1902. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods.
Obverse: Bust of James Mitchell Lamson Scovill and William Henry Scovill. The legend reads: SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY/ J.M.L. SCOVILL-Wm. H. SCOVILL/1802-1902 WATERBURY, CONN.
Reverse: CENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO./PRESENTED BY THE COMPANY TO C.M. DE MOTT JR./1802/ABEL PORTER & CO./1811/LEAVENWORTH HAYDEN & SCOVILL/1827/J.M.L. & W.H. SCOVILL/1850/SCOVILL MFG. CO.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1902
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1590
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1590

4 Dollars, Pattern, United States,1879

One (1) 4 dollar coin, patternUnited States, 1879Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head with flowing hair.
Description (Brief)
One (1) 4 dollar coin, pattern
United States, 1879
Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head with flowing hair. Stars between all letters around edge of coin.
Obverse Text: 6 / G / .3 / S / .7 / C / 7 / G / R / A / M / S / 1879
Reverse Image: Star in center.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FOUR DOL. / E PLURIBUS UNUM / DEO EST GLORIA / ONE STELLA / 400 CENTS
Description
The four-dollar gold piece, or Stella, was the brainchild of the United States minister to Austria-Hungary, John A. Kasson. Kasson wanted an American gold coin that would trade on a par with a number of European counterparts, and the Stella seemed to be the answer.
Patterns were struck in a variety of metals, with two depictions of Liberty. George T. Morgan was responsible for this version, a goddess with coiled hair. Charles E. Barber contributed the second idea, a Liberty with flowing hair.
At the time, aluminum was popular as a pattern coinage metal. It was scarce, and it took a lovely impression from the dies. Experts call this piece a high Rarity-7, suggesting that four to six pieces exist.
[reference no. Judd 1640]
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1879
maker
U.S. Mint
ID Number
1993.0532.0003
accession number
1993.0532
catalog number
1993.0532.0003

5 Dollars, Massachusetts & California Co., United States, 1849

Probably produced by the Massachusetts & California Company's mint in Northampton, Massachusetts. Obverse: Shield with vaquero (cowboy) throwing lasso, bear and stag supporters. Reverse: Denomination within wreath, date below.
Description
Probably produced by the Massachusetts & California Company's mint in Northampton, Massachusetts. Obverse: Shield with vaquero (cowboy) throwing lasso, bear and stag supporters. Reverse: Denomination within wreath, date below. The Massachusetts & California Company shipped coining equipment to California in the spring of 1849. The shipment was lost, but it appears that a few coins such as this one were produced as samples in Massachusetts, reminders of a project that never came to fruition.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1849
maker
Massachusetts and California Co.
ID Number
1985.0441.2203
catalog number
1985.0441.2203
accession number
1985.0441

10 Dollars, Cincinnati Mining & Trading Co., United States, 1849

One (1) 10 dollar coinUnited States, 1849Obverse Image: Male bust facing left, wearing a feathered headdress.Obverse Text: CINCINNATI MINING & TRADING COMPANY.Reverse Image: Left facing eagle with shield clutching branch and arrows.Reverse Text: CALIFORNIA TEN DOLLARS, 1849.This
Description (Brief)
One (1) 10 dollar coin
United States, 1849
Obverse Image: Male bust facing left, wearing a feathered headdress.
Obverse Text: CINCINNATI MINING & TRADING COMPANY.
Reverse Image: Left facing eagle with shield clutching branch and arrows.
Reverse Text: CALIFORNIA TEN DOLLARS, 1849.
Description
This obscure company had a few five- and ten-dollar gold pieces struck for it sometime during the last third of 1849. Broderick & Kohler (who also coined for the Miners Bank and the Pacific Company), were probably responsible for the manufacture of this issue. The dies were likely made in Cincinnati, so that part of the firm's name was accurate.
We know very little about this issue. We don't know how many fives and tens were struck, although it seems likely that most were melted down. The Broderick & Kohler operation was discredited once rumors of the debasement of some of its products began to circulate, and the simplest way of dealing with substandard coins was to melt them down and start over.
We do know the following. The Cincinnati Mining & Trading Co. coins were struck by hand, in the time-honored manner of Antiquity. And we know that the coins' obverse and reverse designs represented a major departure from other people's money. The crude Liberty on the obverse bore a feather headdress, the first time this concept appeared on an American coin, while nothing else like the reverse eagle would be seen, anywhere, for decades.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1849
maker
Cincinnati Mining & Trading Company
ID Number
1985.0441.3000
accession number
1985.0441
catalog number
1985.0441.3000

10 Dollars, Pacific Company, United States, 1849

One (1) 10 dollar coinUnited States, 1849Obverse Image: Liberty cap on a pole with stars and rays radiating from it.Obverse Text: 10 DOLLARS.Reverse Image: Eagle holding a branch and a hammer.Reverse Text: PACIFIC COMPANY, CALIFORNIA.
Description (Brief)
One (1) 10 dollar coin
United States, 1849
Obverse Image: Liberty cap on a pole with stars and rays radiating from it.
Obverse Text: 10 DOLLARS.
Reverse Image: Eagle holding a branch and a hammer.
Reverse Text: PACIFIC COMPANY, CALIFORNIA. / 1849.
Description
Produced by the Pacific Company, California.
The pieces bearing the name of the Pacific Company have a somewhat complex history. A consortium bearing that name came to San Francisco in September 1849, but the members almost immediately fell out with each other. The firm disbanded the following month, and it has been conjectured that the dies for its coinage were sold to another coiner, Broderick & Kohler. That group in turn may have used the dies for five dollar as well as ten dollar gold pieces to strike a few examples of each. This is one of four pieces known for the ten dollar piece.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1849
maker
Pacific Company
ID Number
1985.0441.2212
accession number
1985.0441
catalog number
1985.0441.2212

5 Dollars, J.S. Ormsby, United States, 1849

One (1) 5 dollar coinUnited States, 1849Obverse Image: N/AObverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / CAL. / J.S.OReverse Image: 20 stars around.Reverse Text: 5 DOLLSProduced by J.S.
Description (Brief)
One (1) 5 dollar coin
United States, 1849
Obverse Image: N/A
Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / CAL. / J.S.O
Reverse Image: 20 stars around.
Reverse Text: 5 DOLLS
Description
Produced by J.S. Ormsby & Company in San Francisco, California.
The Ormsby operation got underway in the autumn of 1849, however the venture was not a success. The coins that were struck were crude and not worth their face value in metal. Most of them were melted down in short order. Two denominations were struck, evidently by means of a sledgehammer. Five ten-dollar pieces are known from this company. This is the only five-dollar piece known.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1849
maker
J.S. Ormsby
ID Number
1993.0531.0001
accession number
1993.0531
catalog number
1993.0531.0001

5 Dollars, Massachusetts & California Co., United States, 1849

This five dollar coin was produced by the Massachusetts and California Company around 1849.
Description
This five dollar coin was produced by the Massachusetts and California Company around 1849. James Marshall’s 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill kicked off the California gold rush and changed the wealth and reach of the nation as gold was suddenly in plentiful supply and the population was shifting westward. As the government lagged behind the gold rush to mint its own coins, private businesses filled the void in the market. The Massachusetts and California Company operated from 1849 until 1854, most likely bringing gold back to Northampton, Massachusetts, to be minted. Contemporary reports note that the five dollar piece was debased with copper, indicative of coins minted in the east. On the obverse, or front, of the coin are arms holding a spear; a bear and a stag stand on either side of the shield showing a vaquero throwing a lasso. A scroll with “ALTA” appears below the arms. On the reverse is a laurel wreath tied with bow with twenty stars arrayed around. The coin reads “5 Dollars” in the center. The rim reads “MASSACHUSETTS & CALIFORNIA CO 1849.”
date made
1849
maker
Massachusetts and California Co.
ID Number
NU.68.159.1158
accession number
283645
catalog number
68.159.1158

50 Dollars, Kellogg & Co., United States, 1855

As early as 1850, agitation began in Congress for the establishment of a San Francisco branch of the United States Mint.
Description
As early as 1850, agitation began in Congress for the establishment of a San Francisco branch of the United States Mint. This action was blocked by people from New York-who wanted a branch in their own state-and from Louisiana and Georgia-who argued that any California operation would represent unfair competition to the branch mints in New Orleans and Dahlonega.
The opposition won, and San Francisco went without a branch mint for another four years. But it did get an odd sort of hybrid, the United States Assay Office of Gold, striking an odd sort of money-a gigantic-fifty-dollar ingot that also did duty as a coin.
In addition to the Assay Office, other California coiners toyed with the idea of striking fifty-dollar gold pieces. One group, headed by J. G. Kellogg and G. F. Richter went so far as to have dies for circular slugs prepared and a dozen or so proofs struck from those dies.
But by the time the project had gone forward that far, the federal branch Mint at San Francisco was finally coming into full production. Soon California private gold coinage, no matter how large or small the denominations, became irrelevant.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855
mint
Kellogg and Company
ID Number
NU.78.73.1
accession number
1978.2507
catalog number
78.73.1

10 Dollars, Baldwin & Co., United States, 1851

One (1) 10 dollar coinUnited States, 1851Obverse Image: Liberty wearing coronet, facing left. 13 stars around.Obverse Text: BALDWIN & CO / 1851Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle.Reverse Text: S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD / TEN D.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
One (1) 10 dollar coin
United States, 1851
Obverse Image: Liberty wearing coronet, facing left. 13 stars around.
Obverse Text: BALDWIN & CO / 1851
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle.
Reverse Text: S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD / TEN D.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1851
maker
Baldwin & Company
ID Number
NU.68.159.1083
accession number
283645
catalog number
68.159.1083

100 Dollars, Proof, Interest Bearing Note, United States, 1861

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Location
Currently not on view
date made
1861
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
maker
American Bank Note Company
ID Number
NU.297219.127471
catalog number
80.39.1
accession number
1980.0931

5 Dollars, Confederate States of America, 1863

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
Apr. 6, 1863
date made
1863
ID Number
1998.0063.0114
serial number
56230
accession number
1998.0063
catalog number
1998.0063.0114

10 Dollars

Between the winter of 1860 and the spring of 1861, eleven Southern states broke away from the United States to form a new country, the Confederate States of America (CSA).
Description
Between the winter of 1860 and the spring of 1861, eleven Southern states broke away from the United States to form a new country, the Confederate States of America (CSA). As a fledgling nation, the Confederacy faced two obstacles: to create a sense of national unity and to arm its troops to wage a modern war. Money connected both issues—it would celebrate the new nation and finance the war. On March 9, 1861, the CSA authorized a national currency.
Between 1861 and 1865, the new government issued Confederate currency on eight separate occasions. Each issuance pumped millions of dollars into circulation. Counterfeiters added to the deluge with freshly made fakes. The result was a staggering amount of paper money and massive inflation. The CSA responded to the problem by recalling, cancelling, and burning old notes to remove them from circulation. The first official recall on February 17th, 1864, came after two years of less harsh—but unsuccessful—efforts to reduce the volume of currency in circulation.
The problem of what to do with all of the recalled money fell to the Confederate Treasury Department, which enlisted the help of banks and depositories. Historian and numismatist Douglas Ball identified three primary strategies used to cancel currency. Machine-powered circular punches were preferred by the Treasury, while banks canceled currency by striking it with bank hammers, which left two x-shaped slices on the note. Depositories also used bank hammers, but sometimes opted to cut the notes with scissors, leaving two small triangles along the bottom edge.
Once cancelled, all notes were sent to the Confederate Treasury in Richmond, Virginia, to be burned. Some notes escaped destruction. At war’s end, the Union Army confiscated the notes along with Confederate government records to investigate a possible connection between the Confederacy and President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
Today, researchers examine Confederate Currency seeking clues about the economic, social, and technological underpinnings of the South during the Civil War. Smithsonian curator and historian Richard Doty has discovered physical evidence of some of the extraordinary measures people undertook to keep their money in circulation. Stitches, postage stamps, pieces of newsprint, and even fragments of love letters were used to reinforce torn notes.
The careful repair of Confederate currency was done for reasons that had nothing to do with simple economics. Money has always been seen as an emblem of sovereignty. So if people simply allowed their money to disintegrate –and some must have been tempted in that direction, as the value of their money had shrunk almost to the vanishing point by the final months of the war– what did that say about their belief in the Cause?
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1863
ID Number
1998.0063.0511
accession number
1998.0063
catalog number
1998.0063.0511

20 Dollars, United States, 1902

One (1) 20 dollar coinUnited States, 1902Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a coronet and facing left. 13 stars around.Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1902Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest.
Description (Brief)
One (1) 20 dollar coin
United States, 1902
Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a coronet and facing left. 13 stars around.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1902
Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest. Scrolls on either side of eagle, ring of 13 stars above eagle's head, rays above stars.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY DOLLARS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / S
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1902
maker
United States Mint
designer
Longacre, James Barton
mint
U.S. Mint, San Francisco
ID Number
NU.255927.1273
catalog number
NU*255927.1273
accession number
255927

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