50 Dollars, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, United States, 1915
50 Dollars, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, United States, 1915
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50 dollar coin, Panama-Pacific International Exposition
- United States, 1915
- Obverse Image: Bust of Minerva/Athena facing left.
- Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIFTY DOLLARS / IN GOD WE TRUST / MCMXV
- Reverse Image: Owl perched on pinecones.
- Reverse Text: PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO / E PLURIBUS UNUM
- Description
- The first fifty-dollar coins officially issued by the United States were commemorative pieces for San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915. The coin was issued in both round and octagonal forms, bearing symbols of wisdom on both sides; the head of Minerva on the obverse, and an owl on the reverse. These pieces are among the rarest 20th century American coins.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- coin, commemorative
- Date made
- 1915
- maker
- U.S. Mint, San Francisco
- designer
- Aitken, Robert
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- associated place
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- octagonal (overall shape)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:;
- ID Number
- 1985.0551.0779
- catalog number
- 1985.0551.0779
- accession number
- 1985.0551
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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