Illustrated history of the United States mint : with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present time : the process of melting, refining, assaying, and coining gold and silver fully described ... ; to which are added, a glossary of mint terms and the latest official tables of the annual products of gold and silver in the different states, and foreign countries, with monetary statistics of all nations /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
G.G. Evans,
1889.
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| Edition: | New rev. ed. |
| Series: | Making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | "Illustrated with phototypes, steel plate portraits and wood engravings, with numerous plates of photographic reproductions of rare American coins, and price list of their numismatic value." Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London. "With biographical sketches of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, John Jay Knox, James P. Kimball, Daniel M. Fox, and the Mint Officers from its foundation to the present time." Publisher's advertising: [6] pages, 4th count. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 1 unnumbered page, 160 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait. |