1 Cent - Children's Village Seybert Institution (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ND (1935) front 1 Cent - Children's Village Seybert Institution (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ND (1935) back
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1 Cent - Children's Village Seybert Institution Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ND

1935 year
Brass 3.2 g 19 mm
Description
Location
United States
Period
Federal republic (1776-date)
Type
Trade tokens › Internment or prison tokens
Year
1935
Value
1 Cent 0.01 USD = EUR 0.0095
Currency
Dollar (1785-date)
Composition
Brass
Weight
3.2 g
Diameter
19 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#307733
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Blank.

Edge

Plain

Comment

Founded in 1914 as the Adam and Maria Sarah Seybert Institution for Poor Boys and Girls, an independent foundation that makes grants to nonprofits serving disadvantaged children and youth in the city of Philadelphia.

In 1918, Seybert’s Board recognized that there was a need for better diagnosis and treatment of the mental health of traumatized children in its temporary shelters, and it worked to establish and fund a Department of Child Study in Philadelphia, consisting of a psychological clinic and a day school for children in the shelter system, an effort that continued through 1924, and led to developments in child guidance throughout the city