5 Dollars, Proof, United States, 1836
date: label: Date made
content: 1836
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
label: designer
content: Kneass, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1836
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty head with curled hair and wearing headband. 13 stars along coin edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1836
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with wings outstretched clutching arrows and branch in talons, shield over chest with vertical stripes on bottom part and horizontal stripes on top part.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 5 D.
label: Description
content: This coin is one of two proof half eagles dated 1836. They may have been struck to commemorate the admission of Arkansas as the twenty-fifth state. Eminent numismatic researcher Walter Breen asserted that belief in his encyclopedia of U.S. coins.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
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: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.0275
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0275
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: dia. 22.5 mm; wt. 8.354 g