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Liberty Seated type (heraldic eagle with motto reverse)

Designed and engraved by: Robert Ball Hughes (American, 1806–1868)
After: Christian Gobrecht (American, about 1785–1844)
and: Thomas Sully (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
and: James Barton Longacre (American, 1794–1869)
After: Robert Ball Hughes (American, 1806–1868)
and: John Reich (American (born in Bavaria), 1768–1833)
U.S. Federal Issue
1866
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 Number2004.875
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.