Silver Token of Fitzgibbon Daguerreotype Gallery, United States/Missouri, 1850. 1949.65.489

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1949.65.489

Physical Description

  • Axis: 6

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 10.078
    • Diameter (in mm): 27.7
    • Thickness (in mm): 2.3

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Token
  • Date: 1850

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1850
  • Material: Silver

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: * FITZGIBBON DAGUERREOTYPE * / GALLERY
    • Type: Eagle with shield, arrows, and olive branch; inscription

  • Reverse

    • Legend: No 1 / 4th STREET / ST. LOUIS / Mo. / OVER D. NICHOLSONS GROCERY STORE / .1850.
    • Type: Inscription

  • Edge

    • Description: Plain

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1949.65.489
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Alfred Z. Reed

Subjects

  • Series: U.S. Merchant

Notes

  • Rulau lists this as silvered-copper, but it looks like silvered-brass

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States