Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50 cent coin, pattern
- United States, 1859
- Obverse Image: Liberty seated supporting fasces and holding shield. 13 stars.
- Obverse Text: 1859
- Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with shield, ribbon in beak, olive branch and arrows in talons.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- mint
- United States Mint
- designer
- Paquet, Anthony C.
- Date made
- 1859
- Credit Line
- Mabbott, Thomas
- Physical Description
- copper (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:;
- Object Name
- coin
