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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... cent piece which , exchanged on par for the Spanish fractions , would offset the pecuniary advantage of the depositor . Committee chairman Samuel Vinton asked the advice of Director Patterson who replied on the 18th : A three cent piece ...
... cent piece which , exchanged on par for the Spanish fractions , would offset the pecuniary advantage of the depositor . Committee chairman Samuel Vinton asked the advice of Director Patterson who replied on the 18th : A three cent piece ...
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... cent piece had made a three - cent coin superfluous ) Kasson introduced a bill for a copper - nickel three - cent piece . The coin was to weigh 30 grains and consist of 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel . On the same day , the ...
... cent piece had made a three - cent coin superfluous ) Kasson introduced a bill for a copper - nickel three - cent piece . The coin was to weigh 30 grains and consist of 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel . On the same day , the ...
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... cent . On May 1 , the 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 ...
... cent . On May 1 , the 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 ...
Contents
Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Chapter 4 | 39 |
Chapter 6 | 82 |
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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