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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... House would recede from its amendment . Representative Mercer replied that a rule might be advantageously adopted in the House such as that in the British House of Commons which did not permit the King's name to be mentioned in debate ...
... House would recede from its amendment . Representative Mercer replied that a rule might be advantageously adopted in the House such as that in the British House of Commons which did not permit the King's name to be mentioned in debate ...
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... house , built of brick three stories high.2 It fronted on Seventh Street , covered the width of the lot , and ... house which contained the horse mill for driving the rolling machines . The rear of the mill house was adjoined by a two ...
... house , built of brick three stories high.2 It fronted on Seventh Street , covered the width of the lot , and ... house which contained the horse mill for driving the rolling machines . The rear of the mill house was adjoined by a two ...
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... house , and a half day shaking out his carpet . Robert Wallace stated that he and John Rickard had once spent two days in " cutting the panels out of framing under the stairs of Peale's house and putting in gauze wire , " that he fixed ...
... house , and a half day shaking out his carpet . Robert Wallace stated that he and John Rickard had once spent two days in " cutting the panels out of framing under the stairs of Peale's house and putting in gauze wire , " that he fixed ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
Copyright | |
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adopted alloy American April artist assay assayer Bank Barber bill Boudinot Boulton bullion cent piece chief coiner circulation coinage Commission committee Congress Continental Currency contract copper copper coins cupellation currency December denominations devices Director double eagle Drost Eckfeldt engraver establishment February five-cent piece Fraser GOD WE TRUST gold and silver gold coins gold dollar grains half dime half dollar head House issue January Jarvis Jefferson July legal tender letter Liberty Linderman Longacre machine March McCulloh medal metal Mint's mints models Morris National nickel obverse operations patterns Patterson Peace dollar Peale Peale's Philadelphia Philadelphia Mint planchets Pollock present President proposed purchase quarter dollar received reduced relief replied reverse Rittenhouse Robert Robert Scot Saint-Gaudens Secretary seignorage Senate silver coins silver dollar Sinnock Snowden Spanish dollar specimens standard struck submitted three-cent piece trade dollar Treasury United United States Mint Voigt Washington weight wrote