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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... 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 specimens are more numerous , and have been better taken care of ...
... 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 specimens are more numerous , and have been better taken care of ...
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... relation of coins to the chronological and historical events therewith connected . ― The attention paid to numismatics in other countries has elicited much useful information , and induced numerous publications upon that subject . In ...
... relation of coins to the chronological and historical events therewith connected . ― The attention paid to numismatics in other countries has elicited much useful information , and induced numerous publications upon that subject . In ...
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... relation to coin . WEIGHT . Weight may be defined as a natural property of matter , proportioned to its bulk and the density of its parts . It is determined by being balanced in a scale , against some known or acknowledged weight ...
... relation to coin . WEIGHT . Weight may be defined as a natural property of matter , proportioned to its bulk and the density of its parts . It is determined by being balanced in a scale , against some known or acknowledged weight ...
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... relation to these coins , their very great scarcity prevented much practical benefit from it , for though heard of , they were rarely seen . During this year , there was a great scarcity of hard money and every other 1645. species of ...
... relation to these coins , their very great scarcity prevented much practical benefit from it , for though heard of , they were rarely seen . During this year , there was a great scarcity of hard money and every other 1645. species of ...
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... relation to pecuniary matters , as comported with the interests of their own commonwealth - the unsettled condition of the mother country , and the uncertainty of the result being with them an apology for the treason with which they ...
... relation to pecuniary matters , as comported with the interests of their own commonwealth - the unsettled condition of the mother country , and the uncertainty of the result being with them an apology for the treason with which they ...
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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