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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... York Island ” was an English colloquial name for Manhattan , and that the 64th British Regiment was at this time occupying New York . The officer's statements are pertinent for the most part , but it is evident that he was writing from ...
... York Island ” was an English colloquial name for Manhattan , and that the 64th British Regiment was at this time occupying New York . The officer's statements are pertinent for the most part , but it is evident that he was writing from ...
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... York , but this may be due to the fact that it was the temporary residence of Congress , and the site for the proposed federal Mint . Seventy years later , a pair of Fugio cent dies were found in a New Haven store where Jarvis ' father ...
... York , but this may be due to the fact that it was the temporary residence of Congress , and the site for the proposed federal Mint . Seventy years later , a pair of Fugio cent dies were found in a New Haven store where Jarvis ' father ...
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... York ; Alexander , Baltimore ; Rogers and Rand , Philadelphia ; Judge Putnam , Boston ; These tokens were placed into circulation during the Civil War to relieve the shortage of cents . Pollock was evidently impressed by the fact that ...
... York ; Alexander , Baltimore ; Rogers and Rand , Philadelphia ; Judge Putnam , Boston ; These tokens were placed into circulation during the Civil War to relieve the shortage of cents . Pollock was evidently impressed by the fact that ...
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