A Guide Book of United States Coins: Fully Illustrated Catalog and Valuation List - 1616 to Date. Including ... a Brief History of American Coinage, Early American Coins and Tokens, Early Mint Issues, Regular Mint Issues, Private, State and Territorial Gold, Silver and Gold Commemorative Issues Proofs |
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13 stars AMERICA authorized CAROLINA Centavos Centennial Christian Gobrecht circulation coinage coined at Philadelphia collectors composition copper denomination Denver diameter dimes drapery E.F. Unc EAGLE REVERSE EXTRA feathers Fine Unc FINE-All FINE-Hair FINE-LIBERTY Frank Gasparro GOD WE TRUST gold coins GOLD PIECES GOOD-Date grains grams hair hairlines half dollar Halfpenny HEAD TYPE INDIAN HEAD Issued Ex John Reich known Large Date large letters legend Lettered Edge letters in LIBERTY Liberty head mark location mint mark Minted Good V.G. Minted Unc motto nickel Normal date obverse Philadelphia Mint plain edge Planchet PLURIBUS proof coins proof sets Quan quarter Rare rays readable reeded edge Restrike reverse shows Robert Scot San Francisco San Francisco Mint Sesquicentennial Shilling silver coins silver dollar Sinnock slight wear Small Date SMALL EAGLE Small letters specimens Threepence tokens uncirculated United United States coinage V.F. Ex V.G. Fine V.F. weight wreath York