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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... bank subscriptions , and thereafter , if necessary , coined . Apparently contemplating a seignorage , he wrote : " The bank may be allowed to purchase plate and bullion and coin money allowing the govern- ment a part of the profit ...
... bank subscriptions , and thereafter , if necessary , coined . Apparently contemplating a seignorage , he wrote : " The bank may be allowed to purchase plate and bullion and coin money allowing the govern- ment a part of the profit ...
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... bank paper . In a typical piece of party propaganda the Jackson - fed Washington Globe reported : The Bank forces opposed a furious opposition and fought , like the ancient villiens till the stars disappeared in the evening . The great ...
... bank paper . In a typical piece of party propaganda the Jackson - fed Washington Globe reported : The Bank forces opposed a furious opposition and fought , like the ancient villiens till the stars disappeared in the evening . The great ...
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... bank notes to be seen in the land ! The new law is to take effect on the 31st inst . , but already gold is in ... bank party , ” “ interests of the bank , ” “ bank attorney , " " bank senators , " " mammoth bank , " and triumph of the ...
... bank notes to be seen in the land ! The new law is to take effect on the 31st inst . , but already gold is in ... bank party , ” “ interests of the bank , ” “ bank attorney , " " bank senators , " " mammoth bank , " and triumph of the ...
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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