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 317
... 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 were made . I say impossible , because the relief does not conform to the mechanical ...
... 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 were made . I say impossible , because the relief does not conform to the mechanical ...
Page 319
... relief double eagles within ten days . Barber wrote to superintendent Landis the following day : · Sir : Replying to ... relief upon which we are working I beg to state that this new order to make dies for the high relief coin will cause ...
... relief double eagles within ten days . Barber wrote to superintendent Landis the following day : · Sir : Replying to ... relief upon which we are working I beg to state that this new order to make dies for the high relief coin will cause ...
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... relief below the surface makes it look like an incised design and precludes the effect of a bas - relief . " This is hardly correct , as Mr. Chapman can readily see for himself in photographs of the Egyptian sculptures . There may be at ...
... relief below the surface makes it look like an incised design and precludes the effect of a bas - relief . " This is hardly correct , as Mr. Chapman can readily see for himself in photographs of the Egyptian sculptures . There may be at ...
Contents
The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage | 3 |
Proposals of Franklin Morris and Jefferson | 11 |
Experiments in Contract Coinage | 26 |
Copyright | |
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