United States Coin Necklace, United States, 20th Century
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914
name: label: maker
content: Webb, David
notes: label: Description
content: The practice of wearing coins as jewelry began in the ancient world and continues to the present. This ornate necklace is made of United States gold coins.
label: Description
content: These $5, $10, and $20 gold coins were legal tender in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the coins feature Lady Liberty, the allegorical figure representing freedom. Set together into a necklace and enhanced with rings of diamonds, these coins may have been worn by their owner to signify her wealth or express her national pride.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Doris M. Brixey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.84.25.01
label: catalog number
content: 84.25.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0603
objectType: label: Object Name
content: necklace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold; diamonds (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overal: 70 cm x 8 cm x .5 cm; 27 9/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 3/16 in