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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... Mint at Boston , whose fruits , meeting the popular taste , so excited the colonial appetite for more , that it laid the foundation for wants , which the open declaration of independence in 1776 , and its acknowledgment in 1783 , could ...
... Mint at Boston , whose fruits , meeting the popular taste , so excited the colonial appetite for more , that it laid the foundation for wants , which the open declaration of independence in 1776 , and its acknowledgment in 1783 , could ...
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... Mint . Thus , in coins or money , as in the arts generally , and also in agriculture and commerce , the advancement , from great rudeness to comparative perfection , excites our wonder ; so effective , for improvement and progress under ...
... Mint . Thus , in coins or money , as in the arts generally , and also in agriculture and commerce , the advancement , from great rudeness to comparative perfection , excites our wonder ; so effective , for improvement and progress under ...
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... Mint ; HON . JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN , Director of the Mint ; other officers of that institution , and to numerous private individuals ; to all of whom I present my thanks . THE AUTHOR . DESCRIPTION OF PLATES . PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR ...
... Mint ; HON . JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN , Director of the Mint ; other officers of that institution , and to numerous private individuals ; to all of whom I present my thanks . THE AUTHOR . DESCRIPTION OF PLATES . PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR ...
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... mint - master of the district in which the piece was coined , was now - about 700 A. D. - generally placed on the reverse of the coin with some ornament , and afterwards the name of the place of mintage . Next followed the coins of the ...
... mint - master of the district in which the piece was coined , was now - about 700 A. D. - generally placed on the reverse of the coin with some ornament , and afterwards the name of the place of mintage . Next followed the coins of the ...
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... mint - marks , and these terminated in the reign of Henry VIII . The coins of the Archbishops of York were stycas , till they became , by the edict of Athelstan , assimilated to the coins of the realm . Ulphere or Vulphere , who held ...
... mint - marks , and these terminated in the reign of Henry VIII . The coins of the Archbishops of York were stycas , till they became , by the edict of Athelstan , assimilated to the coins of the realm . Ulphere or Vulphere , who held ...
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The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency Or Money of the Aborigines ... Montroville Wilson Dickeson No preview available - 2015 |
The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency Or Money of the Aborigines ... Montroville Wilson Dickeson No preview available - 2018 |
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aborigines alloy AMERICA assay AUCTORI CONNEC bust of Washington cabinet carats centre circle of dots circulation coinage colony copper crown cupel currency denomination designs unaltered designs unchanged Device Device.-A bust DIME eagle edge effigy emblem emission England extremely rare fac-similes facing Figure Fillet-Festooned five varieties five-dollar piece four varieties George George III Georgius 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 lignite Lord Baltimore Massachusetts MEDALET metal NOVA CESAREA number coined obverse pattern piece penny planchets 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 United United States Mint VERMON weight wreath