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 130
... Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the mint from time to time , whenever the state of the Treasury will admit of it , with such sums as may be necessary for effecting those exchanges . To engage the Secretary to dispossess the ...
... Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the mint from time to time , whenever the state of the Treasury will admit of it , with such sums as may be necessary for effecting those exchanges . To engage the Secretary to dispossess the ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury ; next imputed by Senator Gwin on December 29 , 1852 and in- vestigated by the Senate and Secretary of the Treasury Corwin ; and finally confessed to , on January 17 , 1853 by a red - faced Eckert who ...
... Secretary of the Treasury ; next imputed by Senator Gwin on December 29 , 1852 and in- vestigated by the Senate and Secretary of the Treasury Corwin ; and finally confessed to , on January 17 , 1853 by a red - faced Eckert who ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to regulate the size and devices of the new silver coins ; . . . and that , to procure such devices , as also the models , moulds , and matrices or original dies for the coins , discs or ...
... Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to regulate the size and devices of the new silver coins ; . . . and that , to procure such devices , as also the models , moulds , and matrices or original dies for the coins , discs or ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
Copyright | |
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