5 Centavos
date: label: date made
content: 1898
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Nicaraguan five centavos coin around the 1898. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, and coins.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Image of the Nicaragua coat of arms, consisting of a triangle, a Phrygian cap and five volcanoes. The legend reads: ESTADO DE NICARAGUA.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Floral wreath around the rim. Legend reads: 5/CENTAVOS/1898
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
label: place used
content: Nicaragua
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1582
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1582
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm; 13/16 in