The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency Or Money of the Aborigines, and Colonial, State, and United States Coins: With Historical and Descriptive Notices of Each Coin Or Series |
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aborigines alloy AMERICA appearance assay AUCTORI CONNEC beam bearing bust of Washington cabinet carats CENT centre circle of dots coinage colony copper crown cupel currency denomination designs unaltered designs unchanged Device Device.-A bust DIME eagle effigy emission England extremely rare fac-simile facing Figure Fillet-Festooned five varieties five-dollar piece four varieties George III Goddess of Liberty gold coins gotten grains hair HALF-CENT HALF-DIME HALF-DOLLAR HALF-EAGLE half-penny head laureated hence issued king laurel legend Legend.-LIBERTY Legend.-UNITED letter liberty pole Liberty seated liberty-cap Lord Baltimore Massachusetts MEDALET metal NOVA CESAREA number coined obverse pattern piece penny planchet Plate XI Plate XVII Plenty plow preceding preserved proportion punctuation QUARTER-DOLLAR QUARTER-EAGLE reign reverse Reverse.-A scarce shield shillings silver coins specimens stamped struck surmounted three varieties THREE-DOLLAR PIECE type and five type and four type and three types and varieties United States Mint VERMON weight wreath