1 Cent Coin Die, Obverse, 1861
date: label: date made
content: 1861
notes: label: Description
content: Coins can be made by casting metal in a mold or striking metal between two dies. Coin dies are made from hard metals, including bronze and iron, and are engraved with negative impressions. Each pair of dies has different designs for the obverse, or front, and reverse of a coin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Robert Bashlow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU66248
label: catalog number
content: NU66248
label: accession number
content: 241731
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin die
label: Object Name
content: die
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.7 cm x 3.7 cm x 3.7 cm; 1 15/32 in x 1 15/32 in x 1 15/32 in