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 116
will in time be amongthe rare specimens of coins. They are now known in New En-gland as Bungtown Coppers; in New York generally as Shin-plasters; in New Jersey as Horse-heads. The New Jerseyname is probably derived from the colonial coin of that State. VIII. Counterfeit (!Ioin0. The history of… … ANCIENT COUNTERFEITS. all uncommon now to find ancient coins which were manifestlythe work of forgers. Even the earliest coins, those of ^Egina inparticular, are found of this description. Herodotus states in theThalia LVL, that he considers the report a very absurd one, buthe nevertheless gives…
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