5 Dollars, United States, 1795
date: label: Date made
content: 1795
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: obverse designer
content: Scot, Robert
label: obverse engraver
content: Scot, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1795
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty wearing a cap, facing right. 15 stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1795
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Small eagle perched on a palm branch with wings outstretched, holding a wreath aloft in its beak.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
label: Description
content: Among the first coins authorized by the United States Congress was the half eagle, a five dollar gold coin. It first entered circulation in 1795, and was produced almost continuously for more than 120 years. While the striking of gold coins for circulation ended during the Great Depression, five dollar gold coins were re-introduced in 1986 to satisfy collectors and investors, making it the only denomination in history to be struck at every single US mint.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hauck, Frederick A
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU85530.01
label: accession number
content: 255927
label: catalog number
content: NU85530.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 190 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.1 mm x 24.7 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in