Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values (1887)
Mason, E. Locke. [from old catalog] · Boston, P. Gassett · leaf 19
MASSACHUSETTS CENTS, 1787-88. A petition was presented to the Senate andHouse of Representatives of Massachusetts, byJames Swan, for the right to coin copper money.Swan wished to coin twenty thousand poundsvalue in copper; the size, fineness, and designsof the coin to be left to the authorities to…
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