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 178
... Peale : " Mr. Peale's administration as Chief Coiner may be said to mark an era in the mechanics of minting . Being specially fitted , by natural genius as well as education , for the position which he adorned , his mildness , integrity ...
... Peale : " Mr. Peale's administration as Chief Coiner may be said to mark an era in the mechanics of minting . Being specially fitted , by natural genius as well as education , for the position which he adorned , his mildness , integrity ...
Page 181
... Peale and McCulloh's successor , Professor James Booth . McCulloh accused Peale of " lavish and unnecessary expenditure of public money without adequate appropriation or useful effect , " of " unofficer- like and demoralizing ...
... Peale and McCulloh's successor , Professor James Booth . McCulloh accused Peale of " lavish and unnecessary expenditure of public money without adequate appropriation or useful effect , " of " unofficer- like and demoralizing ...
Page 182
... Peale's residence . In a separate testimonial , nine of the Mint's workmen complained that Peale employed them during the regular hours of the Mint for his own purpose and without compensation , though they had heard he occasionally ...
... Peale's residence . In a separate testimonial , nine of the Mint's workmen complained that Peale employed them during the regular hours of the Mint for his own purpose and without compensation , though they had heard he occasionally ...
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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