10 Dollars, Pattern, United States, 1874

Description:

United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Head of Liberty, date below. Reverse: Inscription about the coin's weight and metallic fineness in center, domestic denomination and foreign equivalents in surrounding cartouches. This pattern was part of the drive towards a coin with the potential for easy international acceptance.

A dozen or so are known in copper, a few others in other metals. They are called Bickford patterns after Dana Bickford, who proposed the convertibility idea.

[reference no. Judd 1375]

Date Made: 1874

Mint: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia

Location: Currently not on view

Place Of Issue: United States

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Related Web Publication: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm

Related Publication: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms

Credit Line: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0441.2016Accession Number: 1985.0441Catalog Number: 1985.0441.2016

Object Name: coin

Physical Description: bronze (overall metal)0 (overall die axis)0 (overall die axis measurement)struck (overall production method)Measurements: overall: 35 mm; 1 3/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0253-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1064384

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