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 106
... Philadelphia . " During the American Revolution , Scot engraved plates for the subsistence money , bills of exchange and office scales used by Robert Morris and , later , the architectural plates for Dobson's Encyclopedia . At the time ...
... Philadelphia . " During the American Revolution , Scot engraved plates for the subsistence money , bills of exchange and office scales used by Robert Morris and , later , the architectural plates for Dobson's Encyclopedia . At the time ...
Page 250
... 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 , was really ...
... 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 , was really ...
Page 297
... Philadelphia in connection with the annual Assay Commission I was permitted to examine the various appliances and the rooms in which they were used at the Mint , and I want to add my testimony to the fact that there does not exist on ...
... Philadelphia in connection with the annual Assay Commission I was permitted to examine the various appliances and the rooms in which they were used at the Mint , and I want to add my testimony to the fact that there does not exist on ...
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