56.60 Dollars, United States, 1850
56.60 Dollars, United States, 1850
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 56.60 dollar gold ingot
- United States, 1850
- Obverse Image: Eagle with olive branches and arrows clutched in talons.
- Obverse Text: BALDWIN & CO. / 1850 / SAN FRANCISCO / NO 1794 / 880 THOU / DWT 62 1/4 DOLLS / 56.60 CTS
- Reverse Image: N/A
- Reverse Text: TO MY DEAR WIFE HELEN OCT 1851 / MONTEREY CAL. [very lightly inscribed]
- General Information: The authenticity of this object is in question.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- ingot
- Date made
- 1850
- associated date
- 1850
- Baldwin & Company
- maker
- Baldwin & Company
- place made
- United States: California
- United States: California, San Francisco
- place of issue
- United States: California
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.7 cm x 4.3 cm x.4 cm; 1 1/16 in x 1 11/16 in x 5/32 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.1085
- accession number
- 283645
- catalog number
- 68.159.1085
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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