Coins, medals, and seals, ancient and modern. Illustrated and described. With a sketch of the history of coins and coinage, instructions for young collectors, tables of comparative rarity, price lists of English and American coins, medals and tokens, &c., &c (1861)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 104
into operation until 1793, when the first United States cop-per cent appeared. This first cent was of the pattern shown inPlate CIX., Figures 5 and 7. It did not give universal satis-faction. Alexander Hamilton was at this time Secretary of theTreasury, and the new coin met with such criticisms as… … G FIRST AMERICAN SILVER. of the Apostle, Alexander the coppersmith has done me muchharm; the Lord reward him according to his works? No other coin was issued by the Mint this year. In 1794 adollar, a half dollar, and a half dime were struck (Plate CIX., Fig-ure 4). These were the first silver coins…
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