Experimental Coin Slug, Test Piece #2-7, International Nickel Company, United States, 1964
date: label: Date made
content: 1964
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) experimental coin slug, test piece #2-7
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 7
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 dilute nickel and copper base.
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.NU88158
label: accession number
content: 259891
label: catalog number
content: NU88158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
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)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .15 cm x 2.43 cm; 1/16 in x 31/32 in