Illustrated history of the United States mint

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Editor

Evans, G. G. (George G.), 1829-1906

Title

Illustrated history of the United States mint with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present time

Original Publication

United States: George G. Evans,1888.

Credits

Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HG: Social sciences: Finance

Subject

Coinage -- United States

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68369

Release Date

June 21, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE United States Mint
2. 2.INDEX.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION. MONEY OF THE PAST AND PRESENT. — Ancient Coining. — Portraiture upon Coins. — Incidents of History — Costumes on Coins. — Heraldic Emblems — Humor Pictured on Medals. — Architecture indebted to Coins. — Language upon Coins and Medals.
4. 4.THE UNITED STATES MINT. — NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MINT. From Robert Morris’s Diary.
5. 5.THE PHILADELPHIA MINT. — EXTRACT FROM THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED FOR THE MINT, JANUARY 1, 1825. — The Mint Established. — Copy of the Paper laid in the Corner Stone of the Mint, July 4, 1829. — Visiting the Mint. — The Deposit or Weighing-room. — The Deposit Melting Room. — Office of the Melter and Refiner. — The Process of Assay. — The Assaying Rooms. — Assaying Gold. — Assaying Silver. — The Separating Room. — The Melting Rooms — The Rolling Room. — Annealing Furnaces. — The Drawing Benches. — The Cutting Machines. — Adjusting Room. — Progress in Coining. — Dies. — Transfer Lathe. — The Coining and Milling Rooms.
6. 6.THE CABINET. — Relics. — Curiosities and Minerals. — “ Peter ,” — Eastern Corridor. — Coins. — Greek Coins. — Persian. — Egypt — The Syrian Coins — Roman Coins. — Greek Republic — Family Coins. — Imperial Coins — Division II. — Division III. — Division IV. — Division V. — Division VI. — “ The Temple Sweepers. ” — ORIENTAL. — Coins of Siam. — Chinese Coins. — Japan. — Turkey. — Egypt. — French Coinage. — Germany. — Coins of Switzerland. — Russian Coins. — England. — English Silver Tokens , — Portugal and Spain. — Mexico. — Coins of Brazil. — Colonial Coins. — United States Coins. — The Trade Dollar. — History of the Trade Dollar. — Brief History of the Standard Silver Dollar. — Pacific Coast. — Coins of the Southern Confederacy. — Sketch of the 1804 Dollar. [16] — Double Eagle.
7. 7.SELECTIONS. — Greece. — Rome. — English. — France. — Germany. — Spain. — Italy. — Oriental. — THE WIDOW’S MITE. — DONATIONS OF OLD COINS.
8. 8.COLONIAL COINAGES. — Nova Constellatio. — The Immune Columbia. — Bermuda Shilling—(“Hogge-Penny”). — New Jersey Immunis. — Confederatio and Inimica Tyrannis. — Connecticut Cent, 1788. — New England Token. — Good Samaritan Shillings. — Massachusetts Half Cent, 1787. — Massachusetts Cent, 1788. — Fugios or Franklin Cents. — The Bar Cent, or U S A Copper. — Maryland Penny. — Rosa Americana Half-Penny, 1722. — Liber Natus Libertatem Defendo — First . — Liber Natus Libertatem Defendo. — Second. — Granby or Higley Token, 1737. — Washington Cent, 1783. — Washington Liverpool Half-Penny. — Washington Naked Bust Cent, 1792. — Non Dependens Status. — Pattern Cent, 1792. — George Clinton Copper, 1787. — Kentucky Token or Cent — Shekel (Simon Maccabees). — Immunis Columbia, 1787. — Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling. — Chain Cents. — The Myddelton Tokens. — The Small Pattern Cent. — The Double Head Washington. — New York Washington Cent. — Carolina Elephant (Token.) — Copper Half-Cent of 1794. — Cent, 1799. — Liberty Cent, 1809. — Half-Cent of 1793. — Wreath Cent. — Liberty and Security Washington Coin. — Virginia Half-Penny.
9. 9.Coins issued at the United States Mint at Philadelphia, from its establishment in 1792 to 1888. — Gold. — Double Eagle. — Eagle. — Half Eagle. — Three-Dollar Piece. — Quarter-Eagle. — Dollar. — Silver. — Dollar. — Trade Dollar. — Half Dollar. — Quarter Dollar. — Twenty-Cent Piece. — Dime. — Half Dime. — Three Cent Piece. — Minor Coins. — Five cent piece. (Nickle.) — Three cent piece. (Nickle.) — Two Cent Piece (bronze). — Cent (copper). — Cent (Nickle). — Cent (Bronze). — Half Cent (Copper).
10. 10.THOMAS JEFFERSON,
11. 11.ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
12. 12.HON. JAMES PUTNAM KIMBALL, President Director of all the Mints ,
13. 13.HON. JOHN JAY KNOX.
14. 14.The Coinage Act of 1873.
15. 15.DIRECTORS OF THE MINT. — DAVID RITTENHOUSE, First Director of the Mint . — HENRY WILLIAM DESAUSSURE, Second Director of the Mint . — ELIAS BOUDINOT, Third Director of the Mint , — ROBERT PATTERSON, LL.D., Fourth Director of the Mint , — SAMUEL MOORE, M. D., Fifth Director of the Mint , — ROBERT MASKELL PATTERSON, M. D., Sixth Director of the Mint , — GEORGE N. ECKERT, M. D., Seventh Director of the Mint , — THOMAS M. PETTIT, Eighth Director of the Mint , — HON. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, LL.D., Ninth Director of the Mint. — JAMES POLLOCK, A.M., LL.D., Tenth Director and First Superintendent , — HON. HENRY RICHARD LINDERMAN, M. D., DIRECTOR OF THE MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES, — COL. A. LOUDON SNOWDEN, Second Superintendent , — DANIEL M. FOX. — His Public Career. — COINERS. — ASSAYERS. — JACOB R. ECKFELDT. — United States Mint Officers. — WILLIAM E. DU BOIS. — MELTERS AND REFINERS. — THE MINT ENGRAVERS. — BENJAMIN RUSH, — CASHIER. — CURATOR.
16. 16.Standard Weights.
17. 17.EXTRACT FROM CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
18. 18.Improvements made at the Philadelphia Mint in 1887, under the Supervision of Hon. Daniel M. Fox.
19. 19.Summary of the Operations of the Mints and Assay Offices. — TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
20. 20.U. S. Mint Test for Gold and Silver. — TEST FOR GOLD. — TEST FOR SILVER.
21. 21.GLOSSARY. Terms used in treating of Bullion, Mints, Coinage, and Money.
22. 22.MEDALS AND CABINET COINS.
23. 23.PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.
24. 24.JANUARY 1888. COIN (APPROXIMATE) PRICE CURRENT.
25. 25.NOTE TO THE VISITORS OF THE PHILADELPHIA MINT.
26. 26.FOOTNOTES

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