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
... assay furnace , and heated by a charcoal fire . From time to time the assayer peeked through a small hole in the door of the furnace to follow the progress of the cupellation . As the cupel became red hot , the base metals in the gold ...
... assay furnace , and heated by a charcoal fire . From time to time the assayer peeked through a small hole in the door of the furnace to follow the progress of the cupellation . As the cupel became red hot , the base metals in the gold ...
Page 87
... assay sample was reweighed , and the figure subtracted from its previous weight , giving the proportion of silver . With the assay complete , the treasurer calculated the value of the deposit ( making an allowance of one pennyweight in ...
... assay sample was reweighed , and the figure subtracted from its previous weight , giving the proportion of silver . With the assay complete , the treasurer calculated the value of the deposit ( making an allowance of one pennyweight in ...
Page 103
... assay report to the House on January 8 , and it no doubt served as a basis for the Act of February 9 , 1793 which established the legal value of certain foreign coins . Apparently Hamilton ran some assays of his own , for on November 25 ...
... assay report to the House on January 8 , and it no doubt served as a basis for the Act of February 9 , 1793 which established the legal value of certain foreign coins . Apparently Hamilton ran some assays of his own , for on November 25 ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
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