Beaver Pelt
date: label: date made
content: mid 1800s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) beaver pelt
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, mid 1800s
label: Description (Brief)
content: Front Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Front Text: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A shield and words printed in red and black ink.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: MASTER / STERN FUR DRESSES / MS 2042 F-29 / UNION / A3172
label: Description
content: In the mid 1800s, after being cleaned and stretched, beaver skins were transformed into beaver pelts such as this one. Dark brown in color, this beaver pelt is rather large—almost two feet in diameter. Prized for their water repellent fur, pelts traded at a premium. In the early 1800s, “Made Beaver” was a unit of trade. Twelve pelts purchased a four foot gun; one, a one pound kettle.
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.00755
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.00755
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.OC7A
label: collector/donor number
content: OC7A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: alternative currency; North America; United States
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: skin, beaver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1/2 in x 26 in x 22 in; 1.27 cm x 66.04 cm x 55.88 cm