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 393
... authorized by Congress , 66 authorized by Continental Con- gress , 23-24 copper - nickel , proposed , 246-247 " Mercury , " 347-348 , 351 nickel - clad copper , 388 pattern by Eckfeldt , 71 , 76 postage currency , 231 Roosevelt , 371 ...
... authorized by Congress , 66 authorized by Continental Con- gress , 23-24 copper - nickel , proposed , 246-247 " Mercury , " 347-348 , 351 nickel - clad copper , 388 pattern by Eckfeldt , 71 , 76 postage currency , 231 Roosevelt , 371 ...
Page 395
... authorized by Congress , 66 discontinuation of , 258 first coinage of , 71-72 , 76 proposed by Thomas Paine , 54 Half disme ; see Half dime Half eagle authorized by Congress , 66 authorized by Continental Con- gress , 23 Bigelow - Pratt ...
... authorized by Congress , 66 discontinuation of , 258 first coinage of , 71-72 , 76 proposed by Thomas Paine , 54 Half disme ; see Half dime Half eagle authorized by Congress , 66 authorized by Continental Con- gress , 23 Bigelow - Pratt ...
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... authorized , 306 silver authorized by Congress , 219 Smith , Samuel , 136 , 139 Smith , William , 7 Snowden , Archibald L , 166 , 247 , 285 Snowden , James Ross , 59 , 102 , 106 , 127 , 189-192 , 210-211 , 223 , 225- 227 , 233-235 , 237 ...
... authorized , 306 silver authorized by Congress , 219 Smith , Samuel , 136 , 139 Smith , William , 7 Snowden , Archibald L , 166 , 247 , 285 Snowden , James Ross , 59 , 102 , 106 , 127 , 189-192 , 210-211 , 223 , 225- 227 , 233-235 , 237 ...
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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