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The Lafayette Silver Dollar

Designed and engraved by: Charles E. Barber (American (born in England), 1840–1917)
After: Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)
and: Francois-Augustin Caunois (French, 1787–1859)
and: Peter L. Krider
U.S. Federal Issue
1900
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 Number2004.957
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Breen 7423
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.