Dollar; first American dollar
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1794
Silver coin. Obverse: head of a woman with wavy hair facing right. Date in legend at the bottom. Reverse: standing within two tied branches, eagle facing right with spread wings.
As edge lettering denomination: UNIT HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5152; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.9 cm x weight 26.86 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 26.86 g · diameter 3,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 26,86 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.9 cm x weight 26.86 g
Design
- Obverse
- head of a woman with wavy hair facing right. Date in legend at the bottom.
- Reverse
- standing within two tied branches, eagle facing right with spread wings. As edge lettering denomination: UNIT HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR.
Identification
- Original title
- Dollar; eerste Amerikaanse dollar
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5152
- Museum classification
- dollar · coin
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Catalogue references
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