5 Dollars, United States, 1797
date: label: date made
content: 1797
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
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, 1797
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Capped bust of Liberty facing right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1797
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Heraldic eagle, clouds and stars above.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
label: Description
content: Although dated 1797, this coin was probably minted in the following year. Early United States coins do not always bear the year in which they were struck. The annual visit of yellow fever to Philadelphia, and to the U.S. Mint there, imparted a disjointed quality to our early numismatics.
label: Description
content: What is definitely known is that Robert Scot was responsible for the designs. His new, bellicose eagle is a direct reflection of increased national tensions with the British and French. This particular coin is unique.
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.0158
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.0158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: 185 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 mm x 23 mm; 25/32 in x 29/32 in