Coin: cupronickel 5 cent

Museum number:
2-34111
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-2660 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Shield type 5 cent piece, 1866, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / date - shield surrounded by olive wreath. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 / . CENTS . - numeral within circle of stars and rays. 4.98 gm.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Collection date:
1888
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Five-cent pieces
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1866
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: cupronickel 5 cent, accession number 2-34111, described as Shield type 5 cent piece, 1866, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / date - shield surrounded by olive wreath. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 / . CENTS . - numeral within circle of stars and rays. 4.98 gm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: cupronickel 5 cent, accession number 2-34111, described as Shield type 5 cent piece, 1866, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / date - shield surrounded by olive wreath. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 / . CENTS . - numeral within circle of stars and rays. 4.98 gm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: cupronickel 5 cent, accession number 2-34111, described as Shield type 5 cent piece, 1866, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: IN GOD WE TRUST / date - shield surrounded by olive wreath. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 / . CENTS . - numeral within circle of stars and rays. 4.98 gm.

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