Two Nails and an 1875 Indian Head Penny
Two Nails and an 1875 Indian Head Penny
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- nails
- coin
- date rose head nail made
- 1700 - 1800
- date machine-cut nail made
- 1835 - 1885
- date penny made
- 1875
- maker, coin
- United States Mint
- place made
- United States
- place used
- United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (nails material)
- copper (coin material)
- Measurements
- overall, large nail: 5/16 in x 5/16 in x 3 1/4 in;.79375 cm x.79375 cm x 8.255 cm
- overall, small nail: 1/4 in x 1/4 in x 1 in;.635 cm x.635 cm x 2.54 cm
- overall, coin: 1/8 in x 3/4 in x 3/4 in;.3175 cm x 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- DL.252318.0017
- catalog number
- 252318.0017
- accession number
- 252318
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alexander B. C. Mulholland
- subject
- Indians
- Native Americans
- Architecture, Domestic Buildings
- Building & Architecture
- Numismatics
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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