Object Details
- mint
- Clark, Gruber & Co.
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar coin
- United States, 1860
- Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a coronet. Stars around.
- Obverse Text: CLARK & CO. / 1860
- Reverse Image: Eagle with shield over chest clutching arrows and branch.
- Reverse Text: PIKES PEAK GOLD DENVER / FIVE D.
- Description
- Produced by the Clark, Gruber & Company's mint, Denver, Colorado. For its half eagles, Clark, Gruber & Co. abandoned the Pikes Peak motif that it used on its larger coins. The company brought the designs for the five dollar pieces into conscious imitation of regular United States coins.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
- 1860
- ID Number
- 1985.0441.2228
- catalog number
- 1985.0441.2228
- accession number
- 1985.0441
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 mm; 7/8 in
- place of issue
- United States: Colorado, Denver City
- Related Publication
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1102484
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-6a03-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
