5 Dollars, J.S. Ormsby, United States, 1849
date: label: Date made
content: 1849
name: label: maker
content: J.S. Ormsby
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1849
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / CAL. / J.S.O
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: 20 stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 5 DOLLS
label: Description
content: Produced by J.S. Ormsby & Company in San Francisco, California.
label: Description
content: The Ormsby operation got underway in the autumn of 1849, however the venture was not a success. The coins that were struck were crude and not worth their face value in metal. Most of them were melted down in short order. Two denominations were struck, evidently by means of a sledgehammer. Five ten-dollar pieces are known from this company. This is the only five-dollar piece known.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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: Harvey G. and Lawrence R. Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0531.0001
label: accession number
content: 1993.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0531.0001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 mm; 29/32 in