1 Dollar, McKinley, United States, 1916
date: label: Date made
content: 1916
name: label: Associated Name
content: McKinley, William
label: maker
content: Barber, Charles
label: maker
content: Morgan, George T.
label: maker
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar coin, McKinley
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1916
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing profile of William McKinley.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / MCKINLEY DOLLAR
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: McKinley Birthplace Memorial building.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: MCKINLEY BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL / NILES OHIO / 1916
label: Description
content: Barber created a commemorative gold dollar honoring the martyred President William McKinley. Proceeds were to finance a memorial at McKinley's birthplace. The project was a fiasco-more than half of the coins went unsold and were later melted down.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States: Ohio, Niles
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
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.68.159.0006
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.0006
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Object Name
content: coin, commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
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: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 1.46 cm; 1/32 in x 9/16 in