5 Dollars, Cincinnati Mining & Trading Company, United States, 1849
5 Dollars, Cincinnati Mining & Trading Company, United States, 1849
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar coin, trial
- United States, 1849
- Obverse Image: Male bust facing left, wearing a feathered headdress.
- Obverse Text: CINCINNATI MINING & TRADING COMPANY
- Reverse Image: Left facing eagle with shield clutching branch and arrows.
- Reverse Text: CALIFORNIA FIVE DOLLARS, 1849.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- Date made
- 1849
- maker
- Cincinnati Mining & Trading Company
- place made
- United States: California
- place of issue
- United States: California
- Physical Description
- gilt/copper (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:.15 cm x 2.4 cm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.1112
- accession number
- 283645
- catalog number
- 68.159.1112
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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