Coin: cupronickel 5 cent

Museum number:
2-56814
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056814
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Buffalo nickel (type II: line type), 1936, minted in Denver. Obverse: LIBERTY / date - Indian head, right; Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE CENTS - Buffalo left, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" above rear of buffalo.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Production place:
San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
James Earle Fraser
Collector:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
Materials:
Cupro-nickel
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Five-cent pieces
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1936
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: cupronickel 5 cent, accession number 2-56814, described as Buffalo nickel (type II: line type), 1936, minted in Denver. Obverse: LIBERTY / date - Indian head, right; Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE CENTS - Buffalo left, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" above rear of buffalo.

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