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 86
... reduced to one fourth part . To do this he first determined the approximate pro- portion between the two metals by means of a specific gravity test . After the metallic mass had been properly alloyed ( quarted ) , it was an- nealed ...
... reduced to one fourth part . To do this he first determined the approximate pro- portion between the two metals by means of a specific gravity test . After the metallic mass had been properly alloyed ( quarted ) , it was an- nealed ...
Page 316
... reduced the model until with the aid of the new French reducing machine it was possible to make a die that would produce a coin , this has not been done with the Double Eagle models and until it is done my hands are tied . I furnish you ...
... reduced the model until with the aid of the new French reducing machine it was possible to make a die that would produce a coin , this has not been done with the Double Eagle models and until it is done my hands are tied . I furnish you ...
Page 336
... reduced mechanically , some detail must necessarily be sacrificed and , therefore , he must prepare his models accordingly , which he has not done . The model furnished is of soft impressionistic character and when reduced to one tenth ...
... reduced mechanically , some detail must necessarily be sacrificed and , therefore , he must prepare his models accordingly , which he has not done . The model furnished is of soft impressionistic character and when reduced to one tenth ...
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