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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... colonists and their successors for many years , possessed an importance in developing , conducting , and advancing ... colonies with that of the present time ; their struggles against kingly prerogative for its existence , with the ...
... colonists and their successors for many years , possessed an importance in developing , conducting , and advancing ... colonies with that of the present time ; their struggles against kingly prerogative for its existence , with the ...
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... colonies have been involved in much obscurity , and the facts in relation to them have been chiefly derived from the specimens , and such history in regard to them , as the curious and scientific have collected and preserved . of The ...
... colonies have been involved in much obscurity , and the facts in relation to them have been chiefly derived from the specimens , and such history in regard to them , as the curious and scientific have collected and preserved . of The ...
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... colony of Massitia , now Marseilles , extended northward even to the then remote island of Britain , where imitations of the coins issued by Philip of Macedon and Alexander , began to supersede the Celtic ring - money . Asia Minor being ...
... colony of Massitia , now Marseilles , extended northward even to the then remote island of Britain , where imitations of the coins issued by Philip of Macedon and Alexander , began to supersede the Celtic ring - money . Asia Minor being ...
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... colony of Darien by the Scottish African company . Notwith- standing all the emissions , the precious metals were scarce , and guineas , at one time , rose to the value of 30s . An enactment reduced them , subsequently , to 268. , and ...
... colony of Darien by the Scottish African company . Notwith- standing all the emissions , the precious metals were scarce , and guineas , at one time , rose to the value of 30s . An enactment reduced them , subsequently , to 268. , and ...
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... the last of his race — a wanderer amidst the splendors of civilization - shall have paid the debt to nature . For wampum and its components , see Plate V. PART III . MASSACHUSETTS CURRENCY . THE Colony of Massachusetts WAMPUM . 45.
... the last of his race — a wanderer amidst the splendors of civilization - shall have paid the debt to nature . For wampum and its components , see Plate V. PART III . MASSACHUSETTS CURRENCY . THE Colony of Massachusetts WAMPUM . 45.
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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