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
VI. €oxn in America. COLONIAL COINS. The necessity of coin as a medium of trade was felt in Amer-ica at an early period after the settlement of the country. Thewampum of the Indians was used by the white settlers of Massa-chusetts to a considerable extent, at first. Wampum seems to bea primitive…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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