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 112
ss as recording that some individual kept a billiardsaloon or a bath-house at a particular place), have been the sub-jects of rival bidding at auctions to a fabulous rate of prices. While copper coin was very scarce in this country, in 1787,Mott & Co., jewelers in the city of New York, imported… … MEDALETS AND TOKENS. Allum & Lea issued their token, which is illustrated in PlateCV., Figure 7, and in 1795 they issued another variety. Thelatter is now very rare, while the 1794 is comparatively common.Our venerable friend, Dr. John W. Francis, one of the historiansof New York in person and…
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