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searchaux" style="display:none">National coin cabinet of the United States</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Smithsonian_logo_color.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Smithsonian_logo_color.svg/150px-Smithsonian_logo_color.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Smithsonian_logo_color.svg/225px-Smithsonian_logo_color.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Smithsonian_logo_color.svg/300px-Smithsonian_logo_color.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>National Numismatic Collection</b> is the national coin <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(room)" title="Cabinet (room)">cabinet</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The collection is part of the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_History" title="National Museum of American History">National Museum of American History</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Numismatic_Collection&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Numismatic_Collection_-_Gallery_of_Numismatics_(53840034741).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Numismatic_Collection_-_Gallery_of_Numismatics_%2853840034741%29.jpg/220px-National_Numismatic_Collection_-_Gallery_of_Numismatics_%2853840034741%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Numismatic_Collection_-_Gallery_of_Numismatics_%2853840034741%29.jpg/330px-National_Numismatic_Collection_-_Gallery_of_Numismatics_%2853840034741%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Numismatic_Collection_-_Gallery_of_Numismatics_%2853840034741%29.jpg/440px-National_Numismatic_Collection_-_Gallery_of_Numismatics_%2853840034741%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3581" data-file-height="2238" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>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, <a href="/wiki/Exonumia" title="Exonumia">exonumia</a>, and related items.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Chase_Manhattan_Bank_Money_Museum" title="Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum">Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Numismatic_Collection&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Noteworthy_items_in_the_collection">Noteworthy items in the collection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Numismatic_Collection&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Noteworthy items in the collection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A gold 20 <a href="/wiki/Dobla" title="Dobla">Excelentes</a> coin of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brasher_Doubloon" title="Brasher Doubloon">Brasher half doubloon</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>All three types of the <a href="/wiki/1804_dollar" title="1804 dollar">1804 dollar</a></li> <li>The 1849 <a 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title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaskan_parchment_scrip" title="Alaskan parchment scrip">Alaskan parchment scrip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_and_engraving_on_United_States_banknotes" title="Art and engraving on United States banknotes">Art and engraving on United States banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_American_currency" title="Early American currency">Early American currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_Note" title="Federal Reserve Bank Note">Federal Reserve Bank Note</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Note#Series_1914" title="Federal Reserve Note">Federal Reserve Note (Series 1914 and 1918)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fractional_currency" title="Fractional currency">Fractional currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_certificate_(United_States)" title="Gold certificate (United States)">Gold certificate (United States)</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Note" title="Federal Reserve Note">Current paper money</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_one-dollar_bill" title="United States one-dollar bill">$1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill" title="United States two-dollar bill">$2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_five-dollar_bill" title="United States five-dollar bill">$5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_ten-dollar_bill" title="United States ten-dollar bill">$10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_twenty-dollar_bill" title="United States twenty-dollar bill">$20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_fifty-dollar_bill" title="United States fifty-dollar bill">$50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_one-hundred-dollar_bill" title="United States one-hundred-dollar bill">$100</a></li></ul> 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