Object Number 2021.0015

Object Name

Coin (Penny)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of David Digges La Touche

Creator (Role)

Christian Gobrecht (Designer)
1785-1844

Worrall and Company (Maker or seller)

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Christian Gobrecht

Secondary Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Worrall and Company

Date

1853

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Obverse; "LIBERTY" in crown; "1853," stamped in relief
2. Inscription; Reverse; "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT," stamped in reliief
3. Mark; Obverse, effacing the profile head; "WORRAL & CO" in an arch above "NEW YORK / EXTRA," stamped incuse

Subjects

Currency; Liberty

Materials

Copper

Techniques

Die-stamped

Dimensions (inches)

Dimensions (centimeters)

Object Description

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