One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin, proof
United States, 1825
Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head wearing cap surrounded by 13 stars along coin edge.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1825
Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield on chest. Scroll above eagle.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 2 1/2 D.
Perhaps three proofs including this one exist in this denomination exist for 1825. All of the early proof coins in the National Numismatic Collection came to the Smithsonian Institution as a result of the transfer from the U.S. Mint during the 1920s.
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