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 152
... machine " about four years ago , from specimens sent to the Mint by the inventor C. J. Hill of London purporting to be produced by the operations of his machine which were so much superior to any other machine reductions I had seen , as ...
... machine " about four years ago , from specimens sent to the Mint by the inventor C. J. Hill of London purporting to be produced by the operations of his machine which were so much superior to any other machine reductions I had seen , as ...
Page 166
... machine there was an electrical ap- paratus which sounded an alarm if more than one planchet at a time found its way onto the balance . In 1836 , the old milling machine was replaced by a beautiful steam - powered model . The new ...
... machine there was an electrical ap- paratus which sounded an alarm if more than one planchet at a time found its way onto the balance . In 1836 , the old milling machine was replaced by a beautiful steam - powered model . The new ...
Page 346
... machine rather than in further changes in the coin . Other slot machines would probably not be affected by a new coin as the Astumco would be ; and this would seem to be the reason why no other has been heard from . It was stated in the ...
... machine rather than in further changes in the coin . Other slot machines would probably not be affected by a new coin as the Astumco would be ; and this would seem to be the reason why no other has been heard from . It was stated in the ...
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