Three Rivers Stadium dedication coin
date: label: date made
content: 1970
name: label: referenced
content: Pittsburgh Pirates
label: referenced
content: Pittsburgh Steelers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bronze coin mounted inside an easel back coin holder.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The coin is a souvenir from the 1970 dedication of Three Rivers Stadium, former home of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates and the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers. The Stadium was one of the era's attempts at creating multi-purpose stadiums to host teams from multiple sports.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Stadium was opened on July 16, 1970 for a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, and last used on December 16, 2000 for a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Washington Redskins (now Commanders.) It was demolished on February 11, 2001, with both teams moving to new, separate fields.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Mr. Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.169
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.169
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.9 cm x 6.3 cm x 3 cm; 3 1/2 in x 2 15/32 in x 1 3/16 in