Coins, Currency, and Medals

The museum possesses one of the largest and most diverse numismatic collections in the world. Its diverse holdings represent every inhabited continent and span more than three millennia. The collection includes coins, paper money, medals, tokens, commodity and alternative currencies, coin dies, printing plates, scales and weights, financial documents and apparatuses, credit cards, and objects that reflect established and emerging digital monetary technologies worldwide.

Plastic pin with metal back. This gold-colored pin shows both a shield in the colors of the U.S. flag and a chest full of gold coins. It reads, "I Helped War Chest." Attached is a plastic red, white, and blue ribbon.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Plastic pin with metal back. This gold-colored pin shows both a shield in the colors of the U.S. flag and a chest full of gold coins. It reads, "I Helped War Chest." Attached is a plastic red, white, and blue ribbon.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1918
maker
Whitehead & Hoag Company
ID Number
2006.0098.0263
accession number
2006.0098
catalog number
2006.0098.0263
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BEP certification date
1908-03-14
plate date
1908-01-25
series date
Series of 1902
issuing authority
Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Vernon, William Tecumseh
issuing bank
First National Bank of Newark
depicted
Harrison, Benjamin
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.000742
catalog number
297219.000742
accession number
297219
bank charter number
9022
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BEP certification date
1905-09-09
plate date
1905-07-19
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
National Bank of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
McCulloch, Hugh
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.004321
catalog number
297219.004321
accession number
297219
bank charter number
1536
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Currently not on view
plate date
1908-01-25
series date
Series of 1902
issuing authority
Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Vernon, William Tecumseh
issuing bank
First National Bank of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.000745
catalog number
297219.000745
accession number
297219
bank charter number
9022
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Location
Currently not on view
plate date
1865-10-02
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
New, John Chalfant
Register of the Treasury
Allison, John
issuing bank
National Bank of Newark
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.004319
catalog number
297219.004319
accession number
297219
bank charter number
1536
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Location
Currently not on view
BEP certification date
1908-03-14
plate date
1908-01-25
series date
Series of 1902
issuing authority
Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Vernon, William Tecumseh
issuing bank
First National Bank of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.000743
catalog number
297219.000743
accession number
297219
bank charter number
9022
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BEP certification date
1885-08-18
plate date
1885-07-19
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Jordan, Conrad N.
Register of the Treasury
Rosecrans, William S.
issuing bank
National Bank of Newark
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.004320
catalog number
297219.004320
accession number
297219
bank charter number
1536
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BEP certification date
1909-03-22
plate date
1908-01-25
series date
1902
issuing authority
Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Vernon, William Tecumseh
issuing bank
First National Bank of Newark
depicted
Harrison, Benjamin
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.000744
catalog number
297219.000744
accession number
297219
bank charter number
9022
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BEP certification date
1909-02-01
plate date
1905-07-19
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
National Bank of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
McCulloch, Hugh
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.004322
catalog number
297219.004322
accession number
297219
bank charter number
1536
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BEP certification date
1909-08-31
plate date
1905-07-19
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
National Bank of Newark
depicted
Harrison, Benjamin
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.004323
catalog number
297219.004323
accession number
297219
bank charter number
1536
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BEP certification date
1915-08-17
plate date
1912-09-11
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
McClung, Thomas Lee
Register of the Treasury
Napier, James Carroll
issuing bank
Union National Bank of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021848
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021848
bank charter number
2045
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BEP certification date
1888-03-17
plate date
1885-05-12
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Jordan, Conrad N.
Register of the Treasury
Bruce, Blanche Kelso
issuing bank
Essex County National Bank of Newark
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021589
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021589
bank charter number
1217
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BEP certification date
1927-05-14
plate date
1910-11-17
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
McClung, Thomas Lee
Register of the Treasury
Vernon, William Tecumseh
issuing bank
Broad and Market National Bank and Trust Company of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
McCulloch, Hugh
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.022551
catalog number
297219.022551
accession number
297219
bank charter number
9912
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BEP certification date
1902-12-29
plate date
1902-06-14
series date
1882
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Roberts, Ellis Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
Union National Bank of Newark
depicted
Garfield, James A.
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021836
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021836
bank charter number
2045
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BEP certification date
1907-09-19
plate date
1905-06-03
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Roberts, Ellis Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
National Newark Banking Company
depicted
McKinley, William
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021676
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021676
bank charter number
1316
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BEP certification date
1911-02-21
plate date
1911-04-04
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
McClung, Thomas Lee
Register of the Treasury
Vernon, William Tecumseh
issuing bank
Merchants National Bank of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021804
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021804
bank charter number
1818
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BEP certification date
1912-06-06
plate date
1905-06-20
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Roberts, Ellis Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
National State Bank of Newark
depicted
Sherman, John
Knox, John Jay
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021767
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021767
bank charter number
1452
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BEP certification date
1908-07-22
plate date
1908-05-19
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Treat, Charles Henry
Register of the Treasury
Vernon, William Tecumseh
issuing bank
Park National Bank of Newark
depicted
McKinley, William
McCulloch, Hugh
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.030813
catalog number
297219.030813
accession number
297219
bank charter number
9179
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BEP certification date
1908-09-18
plate date
1902-06-14
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Roberts, Ellis Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
Union National Bank of Newark
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021840
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021840
bank charter number
2045
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Currently not on view
plate date
1865-01-02
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
New, John Chalfant
Register of the Treasury
Allison, John
issuing bank
First National Bank of Newark
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021303
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021303
bank charter number
52
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plate date
1871-05-15
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
New, John Chalfant
Register of the Treasury
Allison, John
issuing bank
Merchants National Bank of Newark
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021795
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021795
bank charter number
1818
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plate date
1873-03-15
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
New, John Chalfant
Register of the Treasury
Allison, John
issuing bank
North Ward National Bank of Newark
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021856
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021856
bank charter number
2083
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BEP certification date
1914-07-18
plate date
1912-09-11
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
McClung, Thomas Lee
Register of the Treasury
Napier, James Carroll
issuing bank
Union National Bank of Newark
depicted
Harrison, Benjamin
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.021847
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.021847
bank charter number
2045
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BEP certification date
1925-07-15
plate date
1903-05-19
series date
1902
issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasurer of the United States
Roberts, Ellis Henry
Register of the Treasury
Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
issuing bank
Arcadia National Bank and Trust Company
depicted
Sherman, John
Knox, John Jay
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.026633
catalog number
297219.026633
accession number
297219
bank charter number
6802

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