Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50 cent coin
- United States, 1840
- Obverse Image: Seated Liberty with shield and cap on staff. 13 stars.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1840
- Reverse Image: Eagle with shield over chest, clutching arrows and branch in talons.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOL. / O
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- mint
- U.S. Mint, New Orleans
- designer
- Gobrecht, Christian
- Date made
- 1840
- Credit Line
- Department of the Treasury
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Object Name
- Coin
