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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... reign of Servius Tullius , about 578 B. C. These coins , from being impressed with the images of cattle , such as oxen , sheep , & c . , were called pecunia , from the Latin pecus , cattle , which has now been so long translated money ...
... reign of Servius Tullius , about 578 B. C. These coins , from being impressed with the images of cattle , such as oxen , sheep , & c . , were called pecunia , from the Latin pecus , cattle , which has now been so long translated money ...
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... 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 holding dominion in Britain , had coins also bearing his name . In the 42d year ...
... 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 holding dominion in Britain , had coins also bearing his name . In the 42d year ...
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... reign of Maximianus ; Allectus , his treacherous successor , Constantine the Great , Crispus , and Constantius . Roman coin thus circulated in Britain till the final abandonment of the country , about A. D. 414 . - - The Saxons now ...
... reign of Maximianus ; Allectus , his treacherous successor , Constantine the Great , Crispus , and Constantius . Roman coin thus circulated in Britain till the final abandonment of the country , about A. D. 414 . - - The Saxons now ...
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... reign ; those of St. Peter having been called " Peter Pence , " and erroneously supposed to have been coined for the purpose of paying to Rome the tribute known by that name ; they were silver pennies , coined at York . There were ...
... reign ; those of St. Peter having been called " Peter Pence , " and erroneously supposed to have been coined for the purpose of paying to Rome the tribute known by that name ; they were silver pennies , coined at York . There were ...
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... reign was groats , half - groats , pennies , half- pennies , and farthings . The words " Dei Gratia " were adopted for the first time , on English coins , during this reign ; first on the gold coins , and afterwards on the groats ...
... reign was groats , half - groats , pennies , half- pennies , and farthings . The words " Dei Gratia " were adopted for the first time , on English coins , during this reign ; first on the gold coins , and afterwards on the groats ...
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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