United States, $20 (California--private issue)
United States, $20 (California--private issue)
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- Description
- Twenty dollars, n.d. Diana Gambling House (?), San Francisco. Gold. 34 mm.
- This piece is likely to be a modern fantasy from the mid-twentieth century. Fantasy pieces can take advantage of an intense enthusiasm for material related to the old West, the California Gold Rush, and the pioneer spirit in search of the American Dream.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- place of issue
- United States: California
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 34 mm; 1 11/32 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.1125
- accession number
- 283645
- catalog number
- 68.159.1125
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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