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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... possible because it is a great guard against the danger of false coinage . This man would be willing to furnish his implements to Congress , and if they please , he will go over and instruct a person to carry on the work : nor do I ...
... possible because it is a great guard against the danger of false coinage . This man would be willing to furnish his implements to Congress , and if they please , he will go over and instruct a person to carry on the work : nor do I ...
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... possible , which I presume your Board may very well remember , but which you thought proper should be confined to the periods stipulated as per Contract . Not being able to accomplish my object as to the first periods it became a duty ...
... possible , which I presume your Board may very well remember , but which you thought proper should be confined to the periods stipulated as per Contract . Not being able to accomplish my object as to the first periods it became a duty ...
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... possible , it becomes quite apparent that the four models for the Half Dollar and the Dime cannot be completed for the date at which I promised them and I would therefore request an extension of ten days or two weeks.1 Trusting this ...
... possible , it becomes quite apparent that the four models for the Half Dollar and the Dime cannot be completed for the date at which I promised them and I would therefore request an extension of ten days or two weeks.1 Trusting this ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
Copyright | |
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