United States of America, ½ dollar, 1854 O
Also known as: Verenigde Staten van Amerika, ½ dollar, 1854 O
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1854
Silver coin. Obverse: Liberty Seated, looking left, holding a spear with pennant in the left hand and an escutcheon in the right hand. Surrounded by stars. At the bottom, year between two arrows. Reverse: eagle with spread wings holding a branch in its right talon and a bundle of arrows in its left talon, with an escutcheon on its breast, looking left. Below it, letter O. Value designation: half dol. at the bottom. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5178; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 12.42 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 12.42 g
Design
- Obverse
- Liberty Seated, looking left, holding a spear with pennant in the left hand and an escutcheon in the right hand. Surrounded by stars. At the bottom, year between two arrows.
- Reverse
- eagle with spread wings holding a branch in its right talon and a bundle of arrows in its left talon, with an escutcheon on its breast, looking left. Below it, letter O. Value designation: half dol. at the bottom. Milled edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Verenigde Staten van Amerika, ½ dollar, 1854 O
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5178
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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