The U.S. Mint and Coinage: An Illustrated History from 1776 to the PresentArco Publishing Company, 1966 - 400 pages Comprehensive history of American federal coinage by a numismatic historian, with a section on twentieth century coins and the sculptors who modeled them |
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Page 225
... Director Robert Patterson , " wrote to the National Bank of Kentucky , calling attention in underlines to the fact that the Mint was pay- ing out subsidiary coins for silver bullion . Five days later , Guthrie wrote to Patterson ...
... Director Robert Patterson , " wrote to the National Bank of Kentucky , calling attention in underlines to the fact that the Mint was pay- ing out subsidiary coins for silver bullion . Five days later , Guthrie wrote to Patterson ...
Page 250
... Director at Philadelphia . Knox said that this was unjustified since the output of the Philadelphia Mint was only about one- sixth that of its sister mint at San Francisco . Besides , the supervision of the Director , in this respect ...
... Director at Philadelphia . Knox said that this was unjustified since the output of the Philadelphia Mint was only about one- sixth that of its sister mint at San Francisco . Besides , the supervision of the Director , in this respect ...
Page 251
... Director to gather as certain information , or form as reliable opinions upon practical questions or operations , as those resulting from the daily observations . of an officer in the mint of such operations , and carried on for a long ...
... Director to gather as certain information , or form as reliable opinions upon practical questions or operations , as those resulting from the daily observations . of an officer in the mint of such operations , and carried on for a long ...
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adopted alloy amendment American approved April artist assay Barber bill Boudinot Boulton Brenner bullion cent piece chief coiner circulation coinage Commission committee Congress copper copper coins copper-nickel currency Dear December denomination devices Director double eagle Eckfeldt engraver February five-cent piece Fraser Gaudens God we trust gold and silver gold coins Government grains half dime half dollar head House issue January Jefferson July Kennedy half dollar legal tender letter Liberty Linderman Longacre machine March McCulloh medal metal Mint's mints models Morris nickel obverse obverse and reverse patterns Patterson Peace dollar Peale Philadelphia Philadelphia Mint planchets Pollock present President proposed purchase quarter dollar received reduced relief replied reverse Robert Roosevelt Saint-Gaudens San Francisco Mint sculptor Secretary seignorage Senate silver coins silver dollar Sinnock Snowden specimens standard struck submitted subsidiary coins suggested three-cent piece trade dollar United Washington weight wrote