Aluminum Engraved Coin, United States, 1833–1833. 1967.121.4

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 5.4
  • Diameter (in mm): 31

Typological Description

• Object Type: Engraved Coin
• Date: 1833

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1933
• Manufacture: Engraved
• Material: Aluminum
• Material: Copper

• Authority

  • Issuer: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
  • Place of Issue: Chicago (Ill.)
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Illinois

• Obverse

  • Legend: BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD|SAFE COMFORTABLE DEPENDABLE|AMERICA'S FIRST RAILROAD|FIRST TO AIR-CONDITION TRAINS|(on penny):IN GOD WE TRUST|LIBERTY|1933
  • Type: bust of Lincoln,r.;four leaf clover and horseshoe at either side of coin

• Reverse

  • Legend: BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD|ALL TRAINS EAST & WEST|VIA WASHINGTON|CHICAGO-1933|A CENTURY OF PROGRESS
  • Type: rev. of US penny;illustrations of engine and handcar

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1967.121.4
• Lot: 1967.121
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Lowenstein, H.M.

Description

Rights

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