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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... effigy and name , Cunobelinus , in full . He is said to have visited Rome in the reign of Augustus , and to have brought back with him Roman artists to superintend his coinage . Taciovanus , supposed to have been of Gallic origin , but ...
... effigy and name , Cunobelinus , in full . He is said to have visited Rome in the reign of Augustus , and to have brought back with him Roman artists to superintend his coinage . Taciovanus , supposed to have been of Gallic origin , but ...
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... effigy was wanted . Edward I. had the credit of coining the first groats , or fourteen - penny pieces . EDWARD III . , 1327 to 1377. - The silver coinage of this reign was groats , half - groats , pennies , half- pennies , and farthings ...
... effigy was wanted . Edward I. had the credit of coining the first groats , or fourteen - penny pieces . EDWARD III . , 1327 to 1377. - The silver coinage of this reign was groats , half - groats , pennies , half- pennies , and farthings ...
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... similar lines and cross - lines , with occasionally an effigy of a man or bird upon them , and on one specimen we have seen , the extended hand . In shape and size they also 13 . 16 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 38 ABORIGINAL COINS .
... similar lines and cross - lines , with occasionally an effigy of a man or bird upon them , and on one specimen we have seen , the extended hand . In shape and size they also 13 . 16 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 38 ABORIGINAL COINS .
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... effigies , with GEORGIVS II . REX .; on the reverse , the arms of North Carolina inscribed SEPT . CAROLINA , and under it the date of the year . This proposition of the North Carolina Governor , though well matured , was never carried ...
... effigies , with GEORGIVS II . REX .; on the reverse , the arms of North Carolina inscribed SEPT . CAROLINA , and under it the date of the year . This proposition of the North Carolina Governor , though well matured , was never carried ...
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... effigy was a fit emblem for a device illustrative of the fact , and the Goddess of Liberty on the reverse , as the antidote or true symbol of devotion . 1776 . Device . The pine tree . MASSACHUSETTS COPPERS COLONIAL COINS . 87.
... effigy was a fit emblem for a device illustrative of the fact , and the Goddess of Liberty on the reverse , as the antidote or true symbol of devotion . 1776 . Device . The pine tree . MASSACHUSETTS COPPERS COLONIAL COINS . 87.
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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