Item number: A223

Year: AD 1881

Material: Gold

Size: 21.6 x 21.6 x 1.4 mm

Weight: 8.33 g

Manufactured by: United States Mint Of Philadelphia

Provenance: Xiang Yun Antique 2014

This specimen is a coronet head half eagle coin minted and issued by the United States in AD 1881, with a face value of 5 dollar.

The obverse of the coin features a profile portrait of the Statue of Liberty, wearing a crown inscribed with the word “LIBERTY,” adorned with 13 stars encircling the portrait as decoration. Below the portrait is the year of coinage, “1881.”

The reverse of the coin depicts a spread-winged eagle with a shield on its chest, clutching three arrows and an olive branch in its talons. Above the eagle is a scroll inscribed with the words “IN GOD WE TRUST.” Surrounding the eagle is the inscription “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. FIVE D.”

The mint mark of this series of eagle coins is located beneath the eagle’s talons. This particular coin bears no mint mark on it shows that it was minted at the Philadelphia Mint. The Philadelphia Mint, established in AD 1792, has operated continuously since then. Prior to AD 1980, the Philadelphia Mint did not employ any distinctive mint mark, only introducing the letter “P” as its mint mark after that year.

United States eagle coins were issued by the United States Mint from AD 1795 to the 1930s, in denominations of quarter eagle ($2.50), half eagle ($5), eagle ($10), and double eagle ($20). This coin belongs to the half eagle denomination, issued from AD 1795 to AD 1929.

This coin belongs to the design period of AD 1866 – AD 1907. Its features include the obverse portrayal of the Statue of Liberty, the LIBERTY crown, and the banner above the eagle on the reverse with motto inscriptions.

In God We Trust:
This phrase first appeared during the American Civil War and was adopted as the national motto of the United States by an act of Congress in AD 1956. It has since been printed on many issued banknotes and coins.

物件編號: A223

年代: 公元 1881 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 21.6 x 21.6 x 1.4 mm

重量: 8.33 g

製造地: 美國費城鑄幣廠

來源: 祥雲珍寶閣 2014

此枚為美國於公元1881年鑄造發行的自由女神像王冠頭半鷹幣，面額為5美元。 

金幣的正面為自由女神像的側面肖像，頭上戴有刻有「LIBERTY (自由) 」字樣的王冠，周圍環繞著13顆星星作為裝飾，肖像下方刻有此硬幣鑄造發行的公元年份「1881」。 

硬幣的背面刻有一隻展翅的老鷹，胸前有一面盾牌，爪子抓著三隻箭和一隻橄欖枝。老鷹的上方有一面布條，刻著「IN GOD WE TRUST」的字樣，意思是我們信仰上帝。周圍刻有銘文「UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. FIVE D.」。 

此系列的老鷹錢幣的鑄幣廠標記位於老鷹的爪子下方。此枚硬幣上沒有任何鑄幣廠標記，為費城造幣廠所鑄的錢幣。費城鑄幣廠建立於公元1792年運作至今。公元1980年以前，費城鑄幣廠都沒有任何專屬的鑄幣記號，直到公元1980年以後才開始使用字母「P」作為該鑄幣廠的記號。 

美國老鷹錢幣是由美國造幣廠發行於公元1795年到公元1930年代的金幣，依面額的不同分為四分之一鷹幣(2½美金)、半鷹幣(5美金)、鷹幣(10美金)、和雙鷹幣(20美金)。此枚屬於半鷹幣，半鷹幣發行期間為公元1795年到公元1929年。 

此枚硬幣屬於公元1866–公元1907年的設計。特色為正面的自由女神像、LIBERTY王冠以及背面老鷹上方刻有銘文的布條。 

我們信仰上帝(IN GOD WE TRUST):
這句話最早出現於美國南北戰爭時期，並於公元1956年通過國家議會的提案，成為美國的國家格言，被印製在許多發行的紙幣和硬幣上。