Calvert penny on cream background

Photograph

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

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1980.001.0132

Description

4"h x 6"w color photos of each side of the Calvert penny on a cream background. The coin is owned by the Society but on loan to Historic St. Mary's City for display. The Calvert penny is struck in a copper alloy and bears is 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 web site] ************************************ Text on verso: none

Collection

Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1640 - 1990

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Details: image=2 5/8" diameter

Dimension Notes

Print Size: 4" x 6"

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