The coin book, comprising a history of coinage; a synopsis of the mint laws of the United States; statistics of the coinage from 1792 to 1870; list of current gold and silver coins, and their custom house values; a dictionary of all coins known in ancient and modern times, with their values; the gold and silver product of each state to 1870; list of works on coinage; the daily price of gold from 1862 to 1871. With engravings of the principal coins
A numismatic reference and dictionary compiled by Isaac Smith Homans with material from Robert Mushet, published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott in 1872 for collectors, bankers and customs officers. Line engravings show obverse and reverse pairs of gold and silver coins: laureate royal profiles, crowned quartered shields, inscribed rims and dated legends, usable as roundels, seals and lettering models.
