5 Dollars, United States, 1838
date: label: Date made
content: 1838
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Charlotte
label: designer
content: Kneass, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1838
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head with curled hair and wearing headband. 13 stars along coin edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / C / 1838
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 D.
label: Description
content: Liberty’s billowing hair in this William Kneass design lasted only five years before being replaced with the more subdued work of Christian Gobrecht. This particular coin from the final year of production was made at the Charlotte mint.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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.68.159.0208
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.0208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 170 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 2.2 cm; 1/32 in x 7/8 in