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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... at the expense of their size ; for a transaction of Micah with his mother refers to a thousand pieces of silver ; and similar sums are mentioned three centuries later , in the transaction of the five lords 12 INTRODUCTION .
... at the expense of their size ; for a transaction of Micah with his mother refers to a thousand pieces of silver ; and similar sums are mentioned three centuries later , in the transaction of the five lords 12 INTRODUCTION .
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... size of skeattæ . Guthram , a Dane , succeeded to the throne , who , being converted to Christianity , was baptized by the name of Ethelstan in A. D. 878. His name is found on his coins with Re or Rex , and Rex Ang . - Angliæ- the first ...
... size of skeattæ . Guthram , a Dane , succeeded to the throne , who , being converted to Christianity , was baptized by the name of Ethelstan in A. D. 878. His name is found on his coins with Re or Rex , and Rex Ang . - Angliæ- the first ...
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... sizes the king armed on a galloping horse on the obverse . James V. issued coins of gold to pass for 20s . , and ... size of a double English sovereign . SCOTLAND HAD BEEN MERGED IN THE " UNITED KINGDOM , " & C . - JAMES I. - 1602 to ...
... sizes the king armed on a galloping horse on the obverse . James V. issued coins of gold to pass for 20s . , and ... size of a double English sovereign . SCOTLAND HAD BEEN MERGED IN THE " UNITED KINGDOM , " & C . - JAMES I. - 1602 to ...
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... size of an English penny , but of the value of twenty Scottish pence , having the king's head and XX . on the obverse , and the crowned thistle on the reverse ; also two - shilling pieces , Scotch , and the noble or half - mark , with ...
... size of an English penny , but of the value of twenty Scottish pence , having the king's head and XX . on the obverse , and the crowned thistle on the reverse ; also two - shilling pieces , Scotch , and the noble or half - mark , with ...
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... size , forty - three small pieces- round and flat - of lignite , coal , shell , and jasper . These specimens were ... size of our old cent , but much thicker . There were two other sizes , which were smaller . The largest of these coins ...
... size , forty - three small pieces- round and flat - of lignite , coal , shell , and jasper . These specimens were ... size of our old cent , but much thicker . There were two other sizes , which were smaller . The largest of these coins ...
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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