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 386
— A shield, paly of sixteen argent and gules, impaling argent,fifteen mullets, five, four, three, two, one. Above the shield an eagle, displayed, grasping in his right talon anolive branch of eight leaves and four berries, and in his left, six arrows. Legend, —. liberty and security . The date 17… … OBVERSE NO. ,3. Device, — A bust of AVashington, in military costume, facing the right,with hair tied in a queue. Legend,— george washingtox Border, — A plain circle, with milling around it. THE WASHINGTON PIECES. 361 REVERSE. Device, —A shield, argent, seven pales gules, impaling azure,…
Coins, American · Tokens
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