½ Dollar (The Silver Getz Half Dollar, Pattern) , United States
1792
Obverse
Reverse
Coin Details
Obverse
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
G. WASHINGTON PRESIDENT. I. 1792
Engravers:
Peter Getz
Reverse
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
· UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ·
Engravers:
Peter Getz
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Year1792
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Obverse: The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and the lettering "LIBERTY" and it is surrounded with the face value and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", Reverse: A one-room schoolhouse with a teacher and students planting a tree. The design is based on "Arbor Day," a painting by Grant Wood, who was born near Anamosa, Iowa.
