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Coinage Laws of the United States, 1792 to 1894, with an Appendix of Statistics relating to Coins and Currency (4th ed.; 53d Congress, 2d Session, Senate Report 235 pt. 2)
United States Senate Committee on Finance · 1894 · Government Printing Office
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Every claim below names the page it rests on. This is the join the Archive exists to make: the same source id that a book chapter cites in its markdown is the id a reference page cites in its data.
- —The Act of April 2, 1792 §9 — the dollar at 371 4/16 grains pure, 416 grains standard; the Act of March 3, 1794 §2 on the officers' bonds that delayed silver coinage; the Act of March 3, 1795 §5.Early Dollars →
- The CarouselReadAccepted by count, exported by the crate: the banker's habit that consumed ninety-seven percent of the series.
- The First SilverReadA shop with horses, a statute about to expire, and 1,758 coins on an October afternoon — where every early dollar comes from.
- Twelve MarriagesReadA teaching set, ranked by lesson rather than price: attribute these twelve and you can attribute the series.
- CHAPTER ONEThe Second Delivery — The Early Half Dollars — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER EIGHTA New Size, and No New Law — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER ONETwo Bits — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)