Coin: cupronickel 3 cent

Museum number:
2-34447
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034447
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Nickel three cent piece, 1870, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1865 - Liberty head facing left with coronet. Reverse: III - numeral in wreath
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Three-cent pieces
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1870
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: cupronickel 3 cent, accession number 2-34447, described as Nickel three cent piece, 1870, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1865 - Liberty head facing left with coronet. Reverse: III - numeral in wreath

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