20 Dollars, Proof, United States, 1886
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 20 dollar coin, proof
- United States, 1886
- Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a coronet and facing left. 13 stars around.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1886
- Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest. Scrolls on either side of eagle, ring of 13 stars above eagle's head, rays of sun above stars.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY DOLLARS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer: US Mint
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1886
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.0993
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.0993
- maker
- United States Mint
- designer
- Longacre, James Barton
- mint
- U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.3 mm x 34.3 mm; 3/32 in x 1 11/32 in
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- place of issue
- United States
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- United States Double Eagle
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Record ID
- nmah_1084975
