A Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations, Struck Within the Past Century: Showing Their History, and Legal Basis, and Their Actual Weight, Fineness, and Value, Chiefly from Original and Recent Assays |
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A Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations, Struck Within the Past ... Jacob R Eckfeldt No preview available - 2018 |
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22 carats 917 thousandths alloy ALLOYED WITH SILVER America amount of coinage appears ascertained assay Austria average bars bear Bolivia British bullion carats cents Charles coinage Cologne mark Colombia colour counterfeit currency daler DENOMINATION Doubloon ducat dwts eagle Emperor engraving equal Ferdinand Ferdinand VII five florins francs Frederick French genuine German ghersh gold and silver GOLD COINS Guanaxuato guilders gulden Half dollar Hammered inscription issued King kreutzers legend letter lire livre Louis medal melting metal Mexican Mexico millions mines mints moidore Napoleon Obverse ounces Peru piastres pistareen Plate XVI proportion Prussia Quarter dollar REIGN reis Republic REPUBLICA Reverse rixdollar roubles rupee Scudo Selim III shillings silver and copper SILVER COINS sovereign Spain Spanish dollar specific gravity specimens standard struck Sultan tests thaler piece THOUS troy grains U. S. Consul United various weight and fineness William worth