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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... field of Machpelah . These were , doubtless , mere pieces of silver without stamp or mark , which passed by weight only , as the term shekel , to weigh , fully implies . The term used in the book of Job for money is not shekel , but ...
... field of Machpelah . These were , doubtless , mere pieces of silver without stamp or mark , which passed by weight only , as the term shekel , to weigh , fully implies . The term used in the book of Job for money is not shekel , but ...
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... field for inquiry , occurring , as it does , upon distinct continents , which learned and popular opinion has totally disconnected from the earliest periods of time . Con- jecture , and the identity of the language of the ABORIGINAL ...
... field for inquiry , occurring , as it does , upon distinct continents , which learned and popular opinion has totally disconnected from the earliest periods of time . Con- jecture , and the identity of the language of the ABORIGINAL ...
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... field of the antiquarian . We would inform our readers that , at some future time , we may undertake a work upon North American Aboriginal Antiquities , of which we have in our possession forty thousand specimens , the results of nearly ...
... field of the antiquarian . We would inform our readers that , at some future time , we may undertake a work upon North American Aboriginal Antiquities , of which we have in our possession forty thousand specimens , the results of nearly ...
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... field as well as the mine . January 1. - Treasury Report , viz .: Corn remaining unsold ....... Money .... 1688 . £ . s . d . 938 11 1 1340 10 3 This year , a petition was sent to William and Mary for permission to renew their mint ...
... field as well as the mine . January 1. - Treasury Report , viz .: Corn remaining unsold ....... Money .... 1688 . £ . s . d . 938 11 1 1340 10 3 This year , a petition was sent to William and Mary for permission to renew their mint ...
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... field , surrounded by a circle of dots . Legend . - MASSACHVSETS , N. E. Reverse . A circle of dots ; in the area " 1650 , " and under it the numerals XII . ( Size 8. See Plate VI . , Figure 2. ) This piece , as we describe it , is said ...
... field , surrounded by a circle of dots . Legend . - MASSACHVSETS , N. E. Reverse . A circle of dots ; in the area " 1650 , " and under it the numerals XII . ( Size 8. See Plate VI . , Figure 2. ) This piece , as we describe it , is said ...
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The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency Or Money of the Aborigines ... Montroville Wilson Dickeson No preview available - 2015 |
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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