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 381
rows; about his headare six mullets, and above it is the word, cent Edge, — Plain, or lettered united states of America • x • x • x . Borders, — Milled. Size, — 19. Weight, — 198 grains. Of obverse No. 1, i-everse A, usually known as the Naked bust, butsometimes called the Roman head, AVashington,… … OBVKRSE NO. 2. Device, — A bust of Washington, in military costume, facing left, withhair tied in a (pieue. Legend,— wa.siiin(;t()x puesident 1792 REVERSE B. Device, —A large eagle, displayed; on his breast a shield argent, sixpales gules, a chief azure. In his beak he holds a scroll iu.scribed…
Coins, American · Tokens
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