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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... Half Dollars or smaller Silver Coin . THE following are the usual forms in which Silver Bullion is received ... half of one per cent . The charge for making fine Silver Bars is one - half cent per ounce on the Fine Silver . There is a ...
... Half Dollars or smaller Silver Coin . THE following are the usual forms in which Silver Bullion is received ... half of one per cent . The charge for making fine Silver Bars is one - half cent per ounce on the Fine Silver . There is a ...
Page 348
... Half Dollar cast in hard bronze and have yester- day forwarded it to Mr. Barber at the Philadelphia Mint . I have worked steadily upon the obverse of the Half Dollar and of the Dime but they will not be in shape for your final ...
... Half Dollar cast in hard bronze and have yester- day forwarded it to Mr. Barber at the Philadelphia Mint . I have worked steadily upon the obverse of the Half Dollar and of the Dime but they will not be in shape for your final ...
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... Half dollar annular , pattern for , 209 authorized by Congress , 66 authorized by Continental Con- gress , 23-24 clad billon , 388 Franklin , 376-377 gold , pattern for , 209 Kennedy , 378-381 Liberty standing , 351 proposed by ...
... Half dollar annular , pattern for , 209 authorized by Congress , 66 authorized by Continental Con- gress , 23-24 clad billon , 388 Franklin , 376-377 gold , pattern for , 209 Kennedy , 378-381 Liberty standing , 351 proposed by ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
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