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Two-Headed Coronet type
U.S. Federal Issue
dated 1851 and 1854
Mint: United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm.
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.2001
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionEdge plain. OBV: Thirteen mullets around nude bust of Liberty, facing left, wearing diadem inscribed LIBERTY, hair twice tied behind with string of pearls; large date (1851) below; surounded by milled circle at base of broad rim. REV: Same as obverse, but date 1854 and milled circle higher than broad rim, which latter is on the level of the field.