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 76
a patent for coining various copper pieces for the use ofIreland. The grant was made for a period of fourteen years,and the quantity limited to 360 tons of copper. The moneyissued by Wood was certainly more beautiful than had beforeappeared in English dominions. The three reverses were allfine… … GRANBY COPPERS. brated anonymous letters known as Drapiers Letters. TheGovernment offered £300 reward for the discovery of the authorof one of them—a reward that was laughed at in Dublin. Themoney failed in Ireland, and large quantities of it were sent onspeculation to America, where it probably…
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