Calvert penny negatives

Photograph

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1980.001.0136

Description

Negatives of the color photos of the Calvert penny. There are eight negatives. The coin is owned by the Society but is on loan to Historic St. Mary's City for display. The Calvert penny is struck in a copper alloy and bears on one face (the obverse) the left-facing bust of Cecil Calvert while the reverse bears the palatine coronet (crown) with two pendants. The legends are all in abbreviated Latin with the obverse CAECILVS : DNS : TERRAE-MARIAE:&CT (Cecil, Lord of Maryland etc.) and the reverse +DENARIVM: TERRAE-MARIAE (penny of Maryland). [This information is from Historic St. Mary's City's web site] ************************************ Text on verso: none

Collection

Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1640 - 1990

Location

Container

Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 17, Shelf 2

Rack

Rack 17

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall