5 Dollars, Massachusetts & California Co., United States, 1849
date: label: Date made
content: 1849
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts and California Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1849
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Shield with vaquero (cowboy) throwing lasso; a bear and stag are supporting the shield on either side; above is an arm holding an arrow; 13 stars around.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: ALTA
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Open wreath, tied with a bow at the bottom.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: MASSACHUSETTS & CALIFORNIA CO. / 1849 / FIVE D.
label: Description
content: Probably produced by the Massachusetts & California Company's mint in Northampton, Massachusetts. Obverse: Shield with vaquero (cowboy) throwing lasso, bear and stag supporters. Reverse: Denomination within wreath, date below. The Massachusetts & California Company shipped coining equipment to California in the spring of 1849. The shipment was lost, but it appears that a few coins such as this one were produced as samples in Massachusetts, reminders of a project that never came to fruition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Northampton
label: Place Made
content: United States: California
label: place of issue
content: United States: California
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.2203
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.2203
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (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: 22.6 mm; 7/8 in