The early coins of America and the laws governing their issue : comprising also descriptions of the Washington pieces, the Anglo-American tokens, many pieces of unknown origin, of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the first patterns of the United States Mint (1875)
Crosby, Sylvester S. (Sylvester Sage), d. 1914 · Boston : The author · leaf 356
a few years since, and has by some been believed to be designedfor a half cent of the same type: we have, however, good reason to supposethat it is of quite recent manufacture; it is represented by Fig. 79. THE MOTT TOKENS. A copper token, issued in the year 1789, by the Messrs. Mott, of the cityof… … OBVERSE. Device, — An old style of clock, with an eagle perched upon its top.Legend, — motts, n. y. importers, dealers, manufacturers, of gold & SILVER WARES. PATTERNS AND TOKENS. 335 BE VERSE. Device, — An eagle witli wings expanded, facing left. In his right talonhe holds an olive branch of…
Coins, American · Tokens
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