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 66
when the ex-igencies of the times compelled the immediate conversion of bul-lion or plate into money without the minting process. Thus atsieges of cities it has frequently been found convenient to cutplate into squares, diamonds, or irregular shapes, and stamp onthe pieces their respective values.…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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