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 59
... introduced in the House , on March 24 , to strike out the tenth section from the words " Or representation " to " Presidency numerically , " and insert instead the words " Emblematic of Liberty . " In support of this motion Republican ...
... introduced in the House , on March 24 , to strike out the tenth section from the words " Or representation " to " Presidency numerically , " and insert instead the words " Emblematic of Liberty . " In support of this motion Republican ...
Page 233
... introduced into the crucible , and fused together , a portion of the zinc is volatilized , and must be replaced by a fresh quantity , and thus , also it is ren- dered impossible to obtain a compound of uniform proportions ...
... introduced into the crucible , and fused together , a portion of the zinc is volatilized , and must be replaced by a fresh quantity , and thus , also it is ren- dered impossible to obtain a compound of uniform proportions ...
Page 305
... introduced a bill for this purpose . The new three - cent piece was to weigh 24 grains and consist of 95 per cent aluminum and five per cent copper . Mint Director Roberts and Secretary MacVeigh approved the idea , except for the alloy ...
... introduced a bill for this purpose . The new three - cent piece was to weigh 24 grains and consist of 95 per cent aluminum and five per cent copper . Mint Director Roberts and Secretary MacVeigh approved the idea , except for the alloy ...
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 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 obverse and reverse 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