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Illustrated History of the United States Mint
George Greenlief Evans · George G. Evans, Philadelphia
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- —The first silver deposit (Bank of Maryland, July 18, 1794) and the first silver delivery of October 15, 1794; the "Sketch of the 1804 Dollar" reprinting Chapman's May 1885 catalogue with a seven-piece census, the restrike diagnostics and the 381.5-grain weight; and the earliest instance of the China-shipwreck legend located in this Archive.Early Dollars →
- Presents for KingsReadThe Mint's cabinet had no 1804 dollar in 1838 — because the coins were only then being made, as gifts for a Sultan and a King.
- The Fakes, Shown OpenlyReadThe ghost census, the shipwreck that never sailed, and the Mint as its own counterfeiter — the series' syllabus, photographed.
- 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.
- The Way of SeeingReadNo two dies were ever alike. An 1881 auction catalogue taught the hobby to read them — and the skill has never stopped paying.
- Twelve MarriagesReadA teaching set, ranked by lesson rather than price: attribute these twelve and you can attribute the series.