5 Dollars, Proof, United States, 1836
5 Dollars, Proof, United States, 1836
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar coin, proof
- United States, 1836
- Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head with curled hair and wearing headband. 13 stars along coin edge.
- Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1836
- Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 D.
- Description
- This coin is one of two proof half eagles dated 1836. They may have been struck to commemorate the admission of Arkansas as the twenty-fifth state. Eminent numismatic researcher Walter Breen asserted that belief in his encyclopedia of U.S. coins.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- Date made
- 1836
- mint
- U.S. Mint. Philadelphia
- place of issue
- United States
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: dia. 22.5 mm; wt. 8.354 g
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.0275
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.0275
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Credit Line
- Government Transfer: US DOTT, USM
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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