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 (1872)
Homans, Isaac Smith, 1832-1879, Mushet, Robert, 1782-1828 · Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & co. · leaf 211
SSIA I. HALF-IMPERIAL—5 RUBLES, i860. Weight, 101 Grains Troy—(6.544 Grammes ). i^ineness—Standard—916.667-1000. Value, £ 0 16s. 4|d. II. 6 RUBLES, or DOUBLE PLATINA DUCAT. 1838. Weight, 319.551 Grains Troy--(20.7066 Grammes ). Fineness—without alloy. Value, about £ 0 19s. 4ic?. III. 3 RUBLES, or… … I, Ruble of 1849—Value, £0 3s. 2^d.
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