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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 90168

USS Monitor (1862)


Reverse of a copper commemorative coin, dated 1863. This coin had exactly the same dimensions as a penny (Diameter 0.75"; Thickness 0.06") and was of a rather brassy color, yellower than a modern penny.
See Photo # NH 90167 for a view of this coin's obverse side.

Courtesy of Mrs. Ann Marshall, 1979.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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6 April 2001