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 312
... models would not be ready until after the summer . Secondary models had already been made and sent to Paris for reduction , and would be returned by the end of the month . Once these were approved , Saint - Gaudens would send the ...
... models would not be ready until after the summer . Secondary models had already been made and sent to Paris for reduction , and would be returned by the end of the month . Once these were approved , Saint - Gaudens would send the ...
Page 316
... models in their present state on account of the high relief . The last this department heard on this subject was ... models as I am now doing in the case of the Double Eagle . Mr. Saint Gaudens asked for samples of the models when ...
... models in their present state on account of the high relief . The last this department heard on this subject was ... models as I am now doing in the case of the Double Eagle . Mr. Saint Gaudens asked for samples of the models when ...
Page 317
... models arrived at this mint September 28th . Upon examina- tion it was found that the relief of the models was so great that it would be a waste of time to make reductions for coinage , as it would be quite impossible to coin when these ...
... models arrived at this mint September 28th . Upon examina- tion it was found that the relief of the models was so great that it would be a waste of time to make reductions for coinage , as it would be quite impossible to coin when these ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
Copyright | |
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