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 132
... Representative Williams moved to expunge the clause containing items for the Mint . Mr. Sedgwick opposed Williams on principle . He said that an appropriations bill should conform exactly to the state of public engage- ments , and where ...
... Representative Williams moved to expunge the clause containing items for the Mint . Mr. Sedgwick opposed Williams on principle . He said that an appropriations bill should conform exactly to the state of public engage- ments , and where ...
Page 248
... Representative Pile moved an amendment to make the ma- terials for the nickel coinage " so far as practicable , of domestic origin . " He added that there was a large deposit in his state . Mr. Hooper , sensing Pile's motive , suggested ...
... Representative Pile moved an amendment to make the ma- terials for the nickel coinage " so far as practicable , of domestic origin . " He added that there was a large deposit in his state . Mr. Hooper , sensing Pile's motive , suggested ...
Page 260
... Representative Hooper had specifically explained to the House why the dollar was being dropped , saying : This dollar , by reason of its intrinsic value being greater than its nominal value , long ceased to be a coin of circulation ...
... Representative Hooper had specifically explained to the House why the dollar was being dropped , saying : This dollar , by reason of its intrinsic value being greater than its nominal value , long ceased to be a coin of circulation ...
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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