5 Cents, United States, 1938
5 Cents, United States, 1938
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- Description
- It was deemed advisable to create a new nickel design towards the end of the 1930s. What came about in no way represented an improvement over its predecessor; but this is the design that has remained in effect since that time.
- The left-facing portrait of Jefferson is successful. The depiction of
- Jefferson's Monticello is far less so, although designer Felix Schlag had originally designed the building as seen from an angle rather than head-on.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- date made
- 1938
- mint
- U.S. Mint, San Francisco
- maker
- U.S. Mint
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- place of issue
- United States
- Physical Description
- nickel (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:.2 cm x 2.125 cm; 3/32 in x 27/32 in
- ID Number
- 1977.1186.0007
- accession number
- 1977.1186
- catalog number
- 77.74.007
- Credit Line
- E. K. Robinson
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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