Metropolitan coin book, containing accurate engravings of the various gold, silver and other coins now in circulation throughout the world;
A coin identification manual issued in 1865 by New York's Metropolitan Bank Note Reporter for bankers, merchants and money changers handling foreign currency. Wood-engraved plates show obverse and reverse faces in rows, with crowned shields, heraldic beasts, seated allegorical figures and profile portraits, each labeled with denomination and value in cents \u2014 usable as circular emblems, medallion frames and numeral ornament.
