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Live auction - fwo_498615 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 1/2 Dollar “Liberty Head” 1900 Philadelphie

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 1/2 Dollar “Liberty Head” 1900 Philadelphie AU
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : 360 €
Maximum bid : 380 €
End of the sale : 11 September 2018 18:16:18
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : 2 1/2 Dollar “Liberty Head”
Date: 1900
Mint name / Town : Philadelphie
Quantity minted : 67000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 899 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,19 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Agréable exemplaire avec de possibles marques de sertissage sur la tanche, infimes. La pièce a été légèrement nettoyée mais conserve son brillant d’origine
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : 1900.
Obverse description : Tête de Liberté à gauche avec un bandeau inscrit LIBERTY et entourée de treize étoiles.

Reverse


Reverse legend : UNITED - STATES OF - AMERICA/ 2 1/2 D..
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un foudre, tournant la tête à gauche, les ailes déployées.
Reverse translation : (États-Unis d'Amérique).

Commentary


Ce type fut frappé entre 1840 et 1907. A partir de 1857, le revers a été légèrement modifié avec des lettres et des pointes de flèches plus petites.
Pas moins de cinq ateliers différents ont frappé ce type : Philadelphie, l’atelier directeur (sans lettre d’atelier) Charlotte en Caroline du Nord (lettte C), Dahlonega en (Géorgie (lettre D), la Nouvelle-Orléans (lettre O) et San Francisco (lettre S)..
This type was struck between 1840 and 1907. From 1857 onwards, the reverse was slightly modified with smaller letters and arrowheads. No fewer than five different mints struck this type: Philadelphia, the Master Mint (without a mint letter), Charlotte, North Carolina (letter C), Dahlonega, Georgia (letter D), New Orleans (letter O), and San Francisco (letter S).

Historical background


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(since 1776)

Under McKinley's presidency (1897-1901), the United States confronted Spain and took Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from it. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the assassinated president (1901/1909) and undertook an interventionist policy in America and posed as a mediator in regional conflicts. To Taft succeeded in 1913 Wilson who was to bring the United States into the war in 1917.

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