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 96
... impression on the upper side , & immediately under it is the die containing the impression for the reverse of the coin , around which a pair of nippers ( which gives the milling or impression on the edges ) , 21 & by which placing as a ...
... impression on the upper side , & immediately under it is the die containing the impression for the reverse of the coin , around which a pair of nippers ( which gives the milling or impression on the edges ) , 21 & by which placing as a ...
Page 171
... impression was submitted to Secretary Woodbury . On January 8 , Patterson sent impressions from a study die to Woodbury and President Jackson , both of whom approved the design . Woodbury regretted , however , that the Liberty pole had ...
... impression was submitted to Secretary Woodbury . On January 8 , Patterson sent impressions from a study die to Woodbury and President Jackson , both of whom approved the design . Woodbury regretted , however , that the Liberty pole had ...
Page 207
... impression upon the new die for the double eagle cannot be brought up by the usual coining process . The depth of the head of the obverse is such , that the steel will not sustain the degree of pressure necessary for a perfect impression ...
... impression upon the new die for the double eagle cannot be brought up by the usual coining process . The depth of the head of the obverse is such , that the steel will not sustain the degree of pressure necessary for a perfect impression ...
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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