California Token | Yale University Art Gallery

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1847

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 7.10 g, 6:00, 26.8 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.30867
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: 1852 below bust l. surrounded by stars and wearing a crown saying /LIBERTY/

Reverse Description: CALIFORNIA COUNTER encircling American flag and six stars

Provenance

Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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