"Riot penny" charred during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
date: label: Date
content: 1917
name: label: Created by
content: United States Mint, American, founded 1792
label: Owned by
content: George Monroe, American, 1916 - 2001
notes: label: Description
content: A charred penny from the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. The penny is red and brown. The embossing on the front of the penny is still visible. The word "Liberty" is on the left side next to a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in profile. "1917" appears next to Lincoln on the right side. The back side of the coin is completely melted and nothing is visible.
place: label: Place collected
content: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Coins and Currency
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Scott Ellsworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.96.2
objectType: label: Type
content: coins
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper alloy
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/16 in. (1.9 x 1.9 x 0.2 cm)