5 Dollars, Smithsonian Institution, United States, 1996
5 Dollars, Smithsonian Institution, United States, 1996
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar coin, Smithsonian Institution
- United States, 1996
- Obverse Image: Bust of James Smithson facing left.
- Obverse Text: FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1846 - 1990 / JAMES SMITHSON / W / LIBERTY
- Reverse Image: Smithsonian sunburst logo.
- Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / SMITHSONIAN / E PLURIBUS UNUM / FIVE DOLLARS
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- coin, commemorative
- Date made
- 1996
- mint
- United States Mint at West Point
- place made
- United States
- 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: 21.6 mm; 27/32 in
- ID Number
- 1996.0351.0001
- catalog number
- 1996.0351.0001
- accession number
- 1996.0351
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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