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 32
... person here has invented a method of coining the French écu of six livres , so as to strike both faces and the edge at ... persons , the pieces of metal being first prepared . I send you by Colo . Franks three coins of gold , silver and ...
... person here has invented a method of coining the French écu of six livres , so as to strike both faces and the edge at ... persons , the pieces of metal being first prepared . I send you by Colo . Franks three coins of gold , silver and ...
Page 69
... persons to carry on some parts of it ; and to enable you to give it , you must be apprised of some facts . Congress , some time ago , authorized the President to take measures for procuring some artists from any place where they were to ...
... persons to carry on some parts of it ; and to enable you to give it , you must be apprised of some facts . Congress , some time ago , authorized the President to take measures for procuring some artists from any place where they were to ...
Page 146
... persons inclined to purchase . Terms , etc. at sale . S. Moore , Director . C. J. Wolbert , Auctioneer . N.B. A draft of the above may be examined at the Merchants Coffee House and at the premises by applying to Mr. Eckfeldt , Chief ...
... persons inclined to purchase . Terms , etc. at sale . S. Moore , Director . C. J. Wolbert , Auctioneer . N.B. A draft of the above may be examined at the Merchants Coffee House and at the premises by applying to Mr. Eckfeldt , Chief ...
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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