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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... Hence , to begin where she did in coinage , and follow it up to the period when , having set up for ourselves , we adopted a national coinage of our own , cannot but be both entertaining and instructive . Temples , statues , triumphal ...
... Hence , to begin where she did in coinage , and follow it up to the period when , having set up for ourselves , we adopted a national coinage of our own , cannot but be both entertaining and instructive . Temples , statues , triumphal ...
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... hence , then , between these two epochs , we must place the invention of coined money . Herodotus states that the Lydians were the first to issue gold coins . The first appearance of gold coins , however , whether Greek or Lydian , is ...
... hence , then , between these two epochs , we must place the invention of coined money . Herodotus states that the Lydians were the first to issue gold coins . The first appearance of gold coins , however , whether Greek or Lydian , is ...
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... hence the rich device of the great seals was transferred to the " sovereign , " the principal gold coin of this reign . The shilling , also , made its appearance , and , in the new coinage , groats , half - groats , and pennies , were ...
... hence the rich device of the great seals was transferred to the " sovereign , " the principal gold coin of this reign . The shilling , also , made its appearance , and , in the new coinage , groats , half - groats , and pennies , were ...
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... hence , serve as a model or guide to new systems of meterology . From the highly intrinsic value of the materials which have been adopted for the formation of money , and from the necessity of adding to them materials of inferior worth ...
... hence , serve as a model or guide to new systems of meterology . From the highly intrinsic value of the materials which have been adopted for the formation of money , and from the necessity of adding to them materials of inferior worth ...
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... hence , current value , and also a guarantee for a particular weight and fineness . Gold , silver , and copper , are the most desirable metals for coins . Of all the metals , gold is the most valuable , and the most difficult of ...
... hence , current value , and also a guarantee for a particular weight and fineness . Gold , silver , and copper , are the most desirable metals for coins . Of all the metals , gold is the most valuable , and the most difficult of ...
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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