File:Longacre cent sketch.jpg
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English: Sketch for the Indian Head cent by Mint Engraver James B. Longacre |
| Date | circa 1858 |
| Source | Scanned from page 57 of Cornelius Vermeule, Numismatic Art in America (1971). Vermeule credits the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Longacre was an employee of the Federal Government as Engraver to the Philadelphia Mint, and so sketches in preparation for a coin are in the course of duties. |
| Author | James B. Longacre, a federal employee in the performance of his duties made the sketch. |
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This image is a work of the United States Department of the Treasury, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.
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