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ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES MINT

WITH A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF

AMERICAN COINAGE,

From the earliest period to the present time. The
process of Melting, Refining and Assaying
Gold and Silver fully described:

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF

Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush,
John Jay Knox, James P. Kimball, Daniel M. Fox, and the Mint
Officers from its foundation to the present.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

A GLOSSARY OF MINT TERMS

AND THE

LATEST OFFICIAL TABLES

OF THE

Annual Products of Gold and Silver in the different
States, and Foreign Countries, with Monetary
Statistics of all Nations.

ILLUSTRATED with PHOTOTYPES, STEEL PORTRAITS and WOOD ENGRAVINGS, with
NUMEROUS PLATES of Photographic Reproductions of RARE AMERICAN COINS,
and Price List of their numismatic value.

New Revised Edition, Edited by the Publisher.

PHILADELPHIA:

GEORGE G. EVANS, PUBLISHER.

Bars manufactured at Mints during fiscal year ending June 30, 1884.
Bland dollar, history of....

Bond of indemnity signed by employees of first mint, 1799..

Booth, James C., Melter and Refiner..

Boudinot, Ellias..

Bosbyshell, Col. O. C., Coiner..

Boyd, N. B., Assistant Melter and Refiner..

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Brief explanation of terms commonly used in treating of bullion, Mint coinage,

English, of the Commonwealth and Cromwell..

issued at the U. S. Mint at Philadelphia, from its establishment in 1792,
to 1885..

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