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Shield within a Six-Pointed Star type (variety 1)

Designed and engraved by: James Barton Longacre (American, 1794–1869)
U.S. Federal Issue
1851
Mint: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Medium/Technique Silver
Credit Line The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.761
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

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.