One Cent
Unidentified maker (Liberia)
1833
Copper
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Daniel S. Ruevsky, Class of 1887
95.3.30506
Geography
Place Made: Liberia, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Money
Research Area
Numismatics: World Currency
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obv: LIBERIA / [standing male figure and tree, water with sailing ship and setting sun behind figure] / 1833| rev: inscribed, around edge: AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY / ONE CENT; inscribed, at center: FOUNDED / A.D. / 1816
Course History
History 85.01, African and African American Studies 88.23, The Black Atlantic, Ernesto Mercado-Montero, Winter 2024
Provenance
Daniel Stoyanoff Ruevsky (1855-1925, Class of 1887); given to present collection, 1895.
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