Illustrated History of the United States Mint with. ..A complete Description of American Coinage from the earliest period to the present time; the Process of Melting Refining Assaying and Coining gold and Silver...with Biographical Sketches of the Mint Of
by Evans George G
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: George G. Evans, 1894. 184pp/illustrated. Plates and illustrations. New revised edition. Including information on the process of melting, regining, assaying, and coining gold and silver, biographical sketches of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, John Jay Knox, &., and the mint officers, and a glossary of mint terms. Original maroon cloth with title and device in gilt on stamped cover, gilt lettering on spine. Hing cracked. Bookplate inside front cover. Text tight and clean.. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Title
- Illustrated History of the United States Mint with. ..A complete Description of American Coinage from the earliest period to the present time; the Process of Melting Refining Assaying and Coining gold and Silver...with Biographical Sketches of the Mint Of
- Author
- Evans George G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Publisher
- George G. Evans
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Mint, Coins, Money
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Crafts/Hobbies;
- Size
- 8vo
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