Experimental Coin Slug, Test Piece #23, International Nickel Company, United States, 1964
date: label: Date made
content: 1964
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) experimental coin slug, test piece #23
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1964
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Half wreath above and below center date.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY, INC. / RESEARCH LABORATORY / 1964
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: NICKEL / ITS CONTRIBUTION IS QUALITY / TEST PIECE NO 23
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: The International Nickel Company produced this coin as part of an effort to find an appropriate metal to replace the silver in US coinage. This test piece is 17% nickel, 17% zinc, and 66% copper.
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: International Nickel Co
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU88157
label: accession number
content: 259891
label: catalog number
content: NU88157
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: zinc; nickel; copper (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: .16 cm x 2.44 cm; 1/16 in x 31/32 in