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History of Coinage and Currency in the United States and the Perennial Contest for Sound Money
A. Barton Hepburn · 1903 · Macmillan, New York
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- —The export-and-recoinage arbitrage that consumed the series, stated plainly — American dollars accepted by tale in the West Indies, Spanish pieces recoined at the Mint "the depositors reaping the profit" — and Jefferson's 1806 suspension of dollar coinage.Early Dollars →
- The CarouselReadAccepted by count, exported by the crate: the banker's habit that consumed ninety-seven percent of the series.
- The Fakes, Shown OpenlyReadThe ghost census, the shipwreck that never sailed, and the Mint as its own counterfeiter — the series' syllabus, photographed.
- CHAPTER TWOThe Coin That Did the Dollar's Work — The Early Half Dollars — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER SEVENNothing to Hoard — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)
- CHAPTER TWOThe Coin the Mint Kept Not Making — The Early Quarters — An OunceDesk Guide (The American Series)