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Barber Twenty-Cent Piece
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Barber Twenty-Cent Piece

William Barber (American, 1807–1879)
Robert Ball Hughes (American, 1806–1868)
Christian Gobrecht (American, about 1785–1844)
Thomas Sully (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
1875
MintPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Credit LineThe Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession number2004.803
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ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.