Confederate Half Dollar (Scott obverse)
J. W. Scott
(American)
dated 1861, struck 1879
MintPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueWhite metal
Credit LineThe Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession number2004.1166
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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.