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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... types of the coinage were modified , he issued a groat of equal weight of the English , which was ordered to pass for 14 pennies Scotch , also a gold coin with a new type , of which there were two or three sizes the king armed on a ...
... types of the coinage were modified , he issued a groat of equal weight of the English , which was ordered to pass for 14 pennies Scotch , also a gold coin with a new type , of which there were two or three sizes the king armed on a ...
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... three - penny pieces , which shall be for form flat , and square on the ... type being a plain irregular circle of silver , with no other inscription ... three - penny pieces were also coined , but as we have never seen them , nor heard ...
... three - penny pieces , which shall be for form flat , and square on the ... type being a plain irregular circle of silver , with no other inscription ... three - penny pieces were also coined , but as we have never seen them , nor heard ...
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... type should be altered , ( which was easy , if the types of the pattern pieces we have previously described had been ... three first denominations only were struck off at this time , and the two - penny pieces followed in 1662 , ten ...
... type should be altered , ( which was easy , if the types of the pattern pieces we have previously described had been ... three first denominations only were struck off at this time , and the two - penny pieces followed in 1662 , ten ...
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... 3 and 4. ) 1652 . These were the pioneer coins of the Massachusetts Mint , and , undoubtedly , of the American portion ... type and three varieties of these coins . It is very difficult to find them unmutilated or not clipped . Snelling ...
... 3 and 4. ) 1652 . These were the pioneer coins of the Massachusetts Mint , and , undoubtedly , of the American portion ... type and three varieties of these coins . It is very difficult to find them unmutilated or not clipped . Snelling ...
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... THREE - PENCE . Device . The oak tree in the field , surrounded by a circle of dots . Legend . - MASATHVSETS . Mint ... type issued ; as the historical incidents , previously given in relation to the currency of Massachusetts , and the ...
... THREE - PENCE . Device . The oak tree in the field , surrounded by a circle of dots . Legend . - MASATHVSETS . Mint ... type issued ; as the historical incidents , previously given in relation to the currency of Massachusetts , and the ...
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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