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 60
... President's head on our coins could affect the liberty of the people . The President was a very good symbol of liberty , but what an emblematical figure might be , he could not tell . A ghost , was said to be in the shape of the sound ...
... President's head on our coins could affect the liberty of the people . The President was a very good symbol of liberty , but what an emblematical figure might be , he could not tell . A ghost , was said to be in the shape of the sound ...
Page 61
... President's place . I warn my Country against the cabals , the corruption and animosities , which might be excited by the intrigues of ambitious men , animated with the hope of handing their names down to the latest ages on the medals ...
... President's place . I warn my Country against the cabals , the corruption and animosities , which might be excited by the intrigues of ambitious men , animated with the hope of handing their names down to the latest ages on the medals ...
Page 356
... President Harding on the 19th . Teresa , in describing to her parents the President's reaction , wrote : All the designs submitted were carefully gone over by President Harding himself , who took a great interest in the work . Last ...
... President Harding on the 19th . Teresa , in describing to her parents the President's reaction , wrote : All the designs submitted were carefully gone over by President Harding himself , who took a great interest in the work . Last ...
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