Gold Earrings, Mexico, 20th century
date: label: date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Gold and silver have been used for both coinage and jewelry for more than 2,500 years. Coins intended for circulation as money have also been paired with precious gemstones and other metals to make jewelry, such as these earrings. Incorporating coins into jewelry may be used to signify monetary wealth.
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.273347.006
label: catalog number
content: 67.95609
label: accession number
content: 273347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: earrings
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 1.9 cm x .9 cm; 1 31/32 in x 3/4 in x 11/32 in