Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 2 1/2 dollar coin, proof
- United States, 1831
- Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head wearing cap surrounded by 13 stars along coin edge.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1831
- Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield on chest. Scroll above eagle.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 2 1/2 D.
- Description
- United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Capped head of Liberty facing left, stars around, date below. Reverse: Eagle, motto above, denomination below. In 1831, designer William Kneass extended his work (and the Mint its close collar) to quarter eagles in addition to half eagles. This Smithsonian 1831 proof quarter eagle and seven others are known.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- date made
- 1831
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 18.5 mm; 1/32 in x 23/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
- proof coin
