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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... alloy 10 Grains copper alloy 2 Grains copper alloy Now let us see how the Morris plan would have actually worked . Since the Spanish dollar was equal to 1440 units , we can calculate the unit value of the shilling in each of the ...
... alloy 10 Grains copper alloy 2 Grains copper alloy Now let us see how the Morris plan would have actually worked . Since the Spanish dollar was equal to 1440 units , we can calculate the unit value of the shilling in each of the ...
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... alloy of copper , nickel & zinc , known in commerce as German silver , Albata , Argentan & Packfong , appears the most suit- able . The advantages of using this alloy are that its constituent metals can be obtained in reliable ...
... alloy of copper , nickel & zinc , known in commerce as German silver , Albata , Argentan & Packfong , appears the most suit- able . The advantages of using this alloy are that its constituent metals can be obtained in reliable ...
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... alloy lately introduced in France and England called bronze . It is composed of copper , tin , and zinc , and makes a beautiful and ductile alloy . This change in the material of the cent is not only desirable in itself , but has become ...
... alloy lately introduced in France and England called bronze . It is composed of copper , tin , and zinc , and makes a beautiful and ductile alloy . This change in the material of the cent is not only desirable in itself , but has become ...
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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