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 106
a seated figure of Liberty,which has since been the unvarying obverse, with the slight ex-ception of mint marks, such as the arrow-heads of 1853. The first quarter dollar was struck in 1796. The changes inthe quarter occurred in 1815, 1831, 1838, and 1853. The first dime was struck in 1796, and the… … FIRST AMERICAN CENTS. The half dimes were first struck in 1794, changed in 1796,1797,1829, 1837, 1838 (in these last two years resembling the dime),and 1853. The three-cent pieces were first coined in 1851, and changed in1853. We are alluding now only to marked and important changesin the devices…
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