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 191
... bill for Peale's relief . The bill was debated and passed on July 25 , after Peale's claims excited the wonder and approbation of Senator Richard Brodhead . Brodhead had apparently been influenced by his nephew Henry Linderman , who was ...
... bill for Peale's relief . The bill was debated and passed on July 25 , after Peale's claims excited the wonder and approbation of Senator Richard Brodhead . Brodhead had apparently been influenced by his nephew Henry Linderman , who was ...
Page 196
... bill was of little concern to the Bank , whose notes enjoyed public confidence and could easily circulate alongside an inflated gold currency . Nevertheless , the " armageddon " story made good reading , and masked the real objection to ...
... bill was of little concern to the Bank , whose notes enjoyed public confidence and could easily circulate alongside an inflated gold currency . Nevertheless , the " armageddon " story made good reading , and masked the real objection to ...
Page 306
... bill was reported to the House with an amendment which changed the composition of the cent to copper - nickel . The bill passed the House on May 6 , but died in the Senate . On April 7 , 1913 Bulkley introduced two bills for a three ...
... bill was reported to the House with an amendment which changed the composition of the cent to copper - nickel . The bill passed the House on May 6 , but died in the Senate . On April 7 , 1913 Bulkley introduced two bills for a three ...
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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