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 122
... Director Boudinot who , on the same day , posted the following notice : The Director has with great regret received Information that one of the principal officers of the Mint has left the public Service without leave , or any notice ...
... Director Boudinot who , on the same day , posted the following notice : The Director has with great regret received Information that one of the principal officers of the Mint has left the public Service without leave , or any notice ...
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... Director Robert Patterson , " wrote to the National Bank of Kentucky , calling attention in underlines to the fact that the Mint was pay- ing out subsidiary coins for silver bullion . Five days later , Guthrie wrote to Patterson ...
... Director Robert Patterson , " wrote to the National Bank of Kentucky , calling attention in underlines to the fact that the Mint was pay- ing out subsidiary coins for silver bullion . Five days later , Guthrie wrote to Patterson ...
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... Director to gather as certain information , or form as reliable opinions upon practical questions or operations , as those resulting from the daily observations of an officer in the mint of such operations , and carried on for a long ...
... Director to gather as certain information , or form as reliable opinions upon practical questions or operations , as those resulting from the daily observations of an officer in the mint of such operations , and carried on for a long ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
Copyright | |
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