5 Cents, Modified Coin, United States, 1917
date: label: Date made
content: 1917
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description
content: The individuals depicted on American coins are carefully selected, and their portraits are designed under the supervision of U.S. Mint officials. Once these coins enter circulation, however, they can be altered to feature alternative designs. U.S. nickels have often been targeted for modification due to their size and the malleability of their metal. The artfully modified coins are often referred to as hobo nickels because they are inexpensive and portable.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bullowa, Catherine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU60420.148
label: accession number
content: 222037
label: catalog number
content: NU60420.148
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin, modified
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper - nickel (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)