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Washington Half Dollar Token
U.S. Merchant (1845–1860)
dated 1792, struck after 1859
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Brass
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 34 mm, 15 gm (1 5/16 in., 0.53 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.209
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
Baker 25 variant; Miller Pa 210 and Pa 213 mule
DescriptionObv: G. WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT. I. around a bust of Washington in military costume and facing left, J792 below, thew wholose surrounded by a slightly beaded rim
Rev: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the Great Seal of the United States, fifteen stars are above the head and between the wings and is COPY at the bottom left below the laurel branch, the whole surrounded by a slightly beaded rim
Edge: plain
Rev: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the Great Seal of the United States, fifteen stars are above the head and between the wings and is COPY at the bottom left below the laurel branch, the whole surrounded by a slightly beaded rim
Edge: plain