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Braided Hair Coronet type
Designed and engraved by: Christian Gobrecht (American, about 1785–1844)
U.S. Federal Issue
1843
Mint: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.738
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObvers of 1842, reverse of 1844
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.