Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values (1887)
Mason, E. Locke. [from old catalog] · Boston, P. Gassett · leaf 22
NEW YORK CENTS. There are various Experimental Pieces,and Pattern Pieces, bearing an earlier datethan the above illustration, but there is no posi-tive evidence that the State of New York au-.thorized a copper coinage earlier than 1787, andthe fact of authorizing a coinage at the latterperiod is in…
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