8 Escudos, Mexico, 1849
8 Escudos, Mexico, 1849
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 8 escudo coin
- Mexico, 1849
- Obverse Image: Liberty cap, above a book and an outstretched arm.
- Obverse Text: LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY 1849
- Reverse Image: An eagle with wings spread clutches a snake in its beak over a patch of catus.
- Reverse Text: REPUBLICA MEXICANA
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- Date made
- 1849
- place made
- Mexico
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:.2 cm x 3.5 cm; 3/32 in x 1 3/8 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.2242
- accession number
- 283645
- catalog number
- 68.159.2242
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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