Illustrated history of the United States mint: with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present time
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Illustrated history of the United States mint: with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present time
Coinage -- United States; Mints -- United States
Cabinet Medal 37 6.00
Presidency Relinquished 25 3.00
Allegiance Medal 18 1.00
Time Increases His Fame 16 .75
James A. Garfield 16 .60
Pennsylvania Bi-Centennial 16 .50
Commencement of Cabinet 12 .35
Washington and Jackson 10 .25
Washington and Lincoln 10 .25
Washington and Grant 10 .25
Washington Wreath 10 .25
Lincoln and Grant 10 .25
Lincoln Broken Column 10 .25
Lincoln and Garfield 10 .25
Valley Forge Centennial 25 1.50
The diameter of the medals is expressed by numbers, each of which
indicates the sixteenth of an inch.
Medals struck to order in gold, silver, or bronze, from dies of public
institutions.
MEDALS AND CABINET COINS.
MINT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Philadelphia, January, 1888.
_Regulations._
1. The price of Medals, Proof Coins, Pattern Pieces, &c., shall be fixed
by the Superintendent of the Mint, with the approval of the Director.
2. No Coin or Pattern Piece shall be struck after the year of its date,
nor in any other metal or alloy than that in which the Coin was issued
or intended to be issued, except experimental pieces in Copper or other
soft metal to prove the dies, under the direction of the Superintendent.
The dies shall be defaced at the end of each year, and such impressions
as the Engraver may find necessary to take while preparing the dies shall
be destroyed in the presence of the Superintendent when the dies are
finished.
3. When a Pattern Piece is adopted and used in the regular coinage in
the same year it shall then be issued as a proof, at a price near its
current value; or if it comes out early in the year, it will be placed in
the regular Proof Set. The Superintendent will furnish, without charge,
on application therefor, a Pattern Piece to any incorporated Numismatic
Society in the United States. In such cases, if the pattern is in Gold or
Silver, the value of the metal will be required.
4. The price of the regular Proof Set of Gold Coins will be Forty-three
Dollars; the Proof Set of Silver and Minor Coins, Three Dollars. Single
Gold Pieces, in proof, are sold at Twenty-five Cents each above their
intrinsic value. Silver Sets are not separated. Proof sets are furnished
of the current year only. The Mint has no Coins or Sets of back dates for
sale.
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