Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 1956.076
- Date:
- 1880
- Description:
- Silver dollar (Morgan dollar), 1880. Obverse: profile portrait of Lady Liberty with text, "E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1880". Reverse engraved "Wells Forbes / DIED / Augt. 5th 1880. / Aged 68 Years." In jeweler's box, stamped "HARRIS & SHAFER / WASHINGTON, D.C." on purple silk lining.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- D-0.1 Dia-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- "Silver dollar given by Wells Forbes to his second granddaughter Nellie Maria Crossman, in 1880, a few months before he died. She was about two years old at the time. After the death of Mr. Forbes the mother had the coin made into a memorial piece for Nellie Maria." Wells Forbes (1812-1880) was a clockmaker in New Chester (later Hill), NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bessie W. Palm
- Subjects:
- Presentation, Memento, Coins, Lady Liberty
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