Coin

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Coin

Entry/Object ID

1967.2.20

Description

Silver-toned metal coin. One side is molded with a bust portrait of a man and the words, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IRA ALLEN / FOUNDER OF VERMONT." The other side is molded with an image of a catamount (or mountain lion) and the words, "BATTLE OF BENNINGTON / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1777-1927 / AUG. 16 / E PLURIBUS UNUM / HALF DOLLAR."

Context

Produced to commemorate the Battle of Bennington and the statewide sesquicentennial celebration.

Acquisition

Accession

1967.2

Source or Donor

Wright, Rebecca Whitney (1880-1967)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Made/Created

Date made

1927

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Coin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Material

Metal