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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... machine which was operated by a single hand . The report said that the machine was to have been powered by horses , and that when these were obtained , its production would equal that of the cutting press.20 In its present state ...
... machine which was operated by a single hand . The report said that the machine was to have been powered by horses , and that when these were obtained , its production would equal that of the cutting press.20 In its present state ...
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... machine " about four years ago , from specimens sent to the Mint by the inventor C. J. Hill of London purporting to be produced by the operations of his machine which were so much superior to any other machine reductions I had seen , as ...
... machine " about four years ago , from specimens sent to the Mint by the inventor C. J. Hill of London purporting to be produced by the operations of his machine which were so much superior to any other machine reductions I had seen , as ...
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... machine there was an electrical ap- paratus which sounded an alarm if more than one planchet at a time found its way onto the balance . In 1836 , the old milling machine was replaced by a beautiful steam - powered model . The new ...
... machine there was an electrical ap- paratus which sounded an alarm if more than one planchet at a time found its way onto the balance . In 1836 , the old milling machine was replaced by a beautiful steam - powered model . The new ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
Copyright | |
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