1 cent / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: T2008.1125
Object Name: 1 cent
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Copper
Design Style: American
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: IN GOD WE TRUST; left side: LIBERTY; right side: 1920
Artifact Reverse Inscription: E PLURIBUS UNUM along top; “ONE CENT” in large letters in middle and “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” underneath.
Full Artifact Description: 3 coins; (1) 1946 D
Verbatim Date: 1946 AD
Verbatim Provenance: U.S.A.
Denomination: 1_cent
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: right profile of Abraham Lincoln
Coin Obverse Inscription: IN GOD WE TRUST; left side: LIBERTY; right side: 1920
Coin Reverse Description: wheat stalk on either side of coin.
Inscription Obverse Text: IN GOD WE TRUST; left side: LIBERTY; right side: 1920
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: T2008.1125
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-t2008.1125/t2008_1125

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Full citation: "1 cent; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-t2008.1125/t2008_1125. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.