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The 57 U.S. Treasury Liberty Bell replicas

{reading time: minute}In 1950 the U.S. Department of the Treasury commissioned at least 57 Liberty Bell replicas as promotional tools for a Savings Bond drive. This is their story ...

{reading time: minute}The 57 U.S. Treasury Liberty Bell replicas

See the map and the table below for information on and locations of the 57 full-size U.S. Treasury Liberty Bell replicas. Click the links for the full story. This is an ongoing project. To date, I’ve seen 39 of the 57. There are also more than 100 Liberty Bell replicas in addition to these. Here is a list of other Liberty Bell replica locations.

Note: The serial numbers on the list I started working with were not all accurate. With the help of fellow bell hunters (especially Rick Brock), I’ve verified all serial numbers, save for the replica in Annecy and the missing DC bell.

Liberty Bell Replica Locations: The 57 U.S. Treasury Bells

34 Comments

Heidi Peters

Tom! We love all the information on this website. I have traveled with my children to many states over the past 3 years, and for each new state, we try to locate the liberty bell replica and take photos. We were in Juneau Alaska in 2019, but I didn’t take a photo of the back side of the bell. Shame on me. However, some friends were there today and sent me photos in attempt to confirm #2… but there was NO NUMBER on the bell located outside the state capitol building!!! I’d love to send you the pictures. Any idea why?

Tom Campbell

Heidi,

Thanks for the kind words, it’s always nice to meet a fellow bell hunter. We just saw our 30th and will get #31 next week. I’d love to see any photos you have. You can send them to [email protected]. Not every bell has the prominent, raised serial number (no idea why). Some are a little harder to find. This article has some good photos of the different serial number placement. Maybe if your friends are still there they can go back and look for the stealthy number!

Denice Welch

Florida’s bell is definitely #12.

I have an image if you would like it.

Tom Campbell

Denice, Thanks for writing. Yes, please send a photo to [email protected]. May I publish your photo?

Is a Liberty Bell replica in the Museo de La Habana, Cuba?

Tom Campbell

Hey, sorry it’s taken me four years to find this comment :). I don’t know of any true replicas of the US Liberty Bell in Cuba. However, a number of metaphorical Liberty Bells exist: bells that have similar symbolic value to other places, but are not recreations of the Liberty Bell. New Yorkers have the Liberty Bell of New York and it seems Cuba has their own.

Chris

Please note that we are having one cast for display at my university – Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas. The school is building a classroom building modeled after Independence Hall and the bell will be displayed in the lobby. Apparently its cast from the same mold as the treasury bell replicas and being shipped from France.

Tom Campbell

Dr. Hammons,

Thanks for the tip. I had not heard about your project. That’s exciting, and congratulations. In my hunt for Liberty Bells, I’ve learned of a number of Independence Hall replicas: Dallas Baptist University, The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, Knott’s Berry Farm (where the National Treasure movie was filmed), and even a mini-mall in Wilmington, DE. I’d love to visit them all.

Texas definitely holds the record for most Liberty Bell replicas. Your’s will be #8 (at least).

Paccard makes beautiful bells, and I’m sure it will bring much joy and patriotic fervor to your campus. Please keep me posted on the bell’s expected arrival date. I’d love to see photos and any other info. There is nothing like the shine on a newly-cast bell!

Cheers,

— Tom

Carl Scott Zimmerman

It could be cast using the same molding pattern, but not the same mold. Molds for bronze bells are single-use; each one has to be broken apart to remove the bell after it has cooled from casting.

John Tracy

Just heard on KCOZ radio that there is a Liberty Bell at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, MO, just 2 mi south of Branson Missouri. Can you confirm? That would be three in Missouri alone.

Tom Campbell

John,

Thanks for the tip. I can confirm. I found some photos but not much other info. Based on the condition and lettering, my best guess is the bell was cast by Whitechapel around 1976.

Linda Stevens

Please note Kentucky’s bell is currently off display due to yoke failure. No word on when it will be back on display.

Tom Campbell

Linda, Thanks for the info. I’ve updated this page and added more info Julie Kemper shared with me to the Kentucky page. I’m hoping the necessary resources can be allocated to the bell’s restoration and that it returns to public display soon.

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