Confederate Half Dollar
James Barton Longacre
(American, 1794–1869)
Christian Gobrecht
(American, about 1785–1844)
Thomas Sully
(obverse) (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
dated 1861, struck 1879
MintNew Orleans, Louisiana, 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 number2004.829
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Not on viewClassificationsNumismatics
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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.