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The National Numismatic Collection is the national coin cabinet of the
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Overview

The National Numismatic Collection comprises approximately 1.6 million objects and is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of coins, paper currency, medals, commodity currencies, financial instruments,
exonumia Exonumia are numismatic items (such as tokens, medals, or scrip) other than coins and paper money. This includes "Good For" tokens, badges, counterstamped coins, elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions, tags, wooden nickels and o ...
, and related items. As the collection of record for the U.S. monetary system, it holds the collections of the U.S. Mint, Treasury, and Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In addition, it includes collections donated by individual collectors and private institutions, such as the collection of the Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum.


History

Until 2004, the exhibit housing the Collection was the last surviving exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's original 1964 arrangement. In late 2004, the exhibit was closed, and the objects were returned to the Smithsonian's vaults. In 2015, the museum opened a new permanent Gallery of Numismatics with an exhibition titled The Value of Money.


Noteworthy items in the collection

*A gold 20 Excelentes coin of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain * Brasher half doubloon *All three types of the 1804 dollar *The 1849 double eagle *The two gold 1877 half unions *All nine 1909–1910 Washington nickels *One
1913 Liberty Head nickel The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is an American Nickel (United States coin), five-cent piece which was produced in extremely limited quantities unauthorized by the United States Mint, making it one of the best-known and most coveted rarities in Americ ...
*Two 1933 double eagles *The 1974 aluminum cent *The only known 1928 $5000 gold certificate, serial number A00000001A (the note has repaired tear) *The only known 1928 $10,000 gold certificate, serial number A00000001A *An example of a $100,000 gold certificate, the largest denomination of banknote ever produced in the USA


See also

* Alaskan parchment scrip * Art and engraving on United States banknotes *
Early American currency Early American currency went through several stages of development during the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. John Hull (merchant), John Hull was authorized by the Massachusetts legislature to make the earliest coina ...
* Federal Reserve Bank Note * Federal Reserve Note (Series 1914 and 1918) * Fractional currency *
Gold certificate (United States) Gold certificates were issued by the United States Treasury as a form of representative money from 1865 to 1933. While the United States observed a gold standard, the certificates offered a more convenient way to pay in gold than the use of gol ...
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Greenback (1860s money) Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. They were in two forms: Demand Notes, issued in 1861–1862, and United States Notes, issued in 1862� ...
* Historical armorial of U.S. states from 1876 * Interest bearing note *
Large denominations of United States currency Large denominations of United States currency greater than were circulated by the United States Department of the Treasury, United States Treasury until 1969. Since then, United States dollar, U.S. dollar Banknote, banknotes have been issued in ...
* Silver certificate (United States) *
Treasury Note (1890–1891) The Treasury Note (also known as a Coin Note) was a type of representative money issued by the United States government from 1890 until 1893 under authority of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in denominations of , , , , , , and . It was issued ...


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