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united-states-1849-item

Image: US Mint (coin), National Numismatic Collection (photograph by Jaclyn Nash) (Public domain)

Denomination20 Dollars
Country / EmpireUnited States
Obverse DesignLiberty Head (Bust of Liberty facing left, wearing a coronet inscribed 'LIBERTY', surrounded by 13 stars and the date '1849')
Reverse DesignHeraldic Eagle (Eagle with a shield on its breast, holding arrows and an olive branch, surrounded by 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA' and 'TWENTY D.')

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