5 Dollars, Proof, United States, 1834
date: label: Date made
content: 1834
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
label: designer
content: Kneass, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1834
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 / 1834
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: William Kneass was responsible for a new and altogether charming version of the Liberty head, employed on half and quarter eagles during the second half of the 1830s. For the first time since the 1790s, the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM was absent from the half eagle and its smaller relative. This was to distinguish the new coins from earlier ones. The older coins were now worth more than their stated value and were being exported and melted. Including this coin, eight proofs of the new 1834 half eagle are recorded. Collectors call this design the "Classic Head."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
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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: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.0259
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0259
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: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 2.25 cm; 1/32 in x 7/8 in