[Illustration: PLATE XXII. SILVER DOLLAR, 1849. STANDARD DOLLAR, 1885. HALF DOLLAR, 1849. DIME, 1849. HALF DOLLAR, 1885. HALF DOLLAR, 1794. QUARTER DOLLAR, 1885. QUARTER DOLLAR, 1849. HALF DIME, 1849. DIME, 1885. HALF DIME, 1794. DIME, 1796.] [Illustration: PLATE XXIII. LIBERTY CAP CENT, 1793. CHAIN CENT, 1793. First issue. CHAIN CENT, 1793. Second issue. PATTERN TWENTY CENT PIECE, Rejected. HALF CENT, 1793. CENT, 1849. CENT, 1885. THREE CENT NICKEL, 1885. HALF CENT, 1849. THREE CENT PIECE, 1885.] [Illustration: PLATE XXIV. ANTIOCHUS VII. ADDERA. PRUSIAS. ANTIOCHUS VIII. EPIPHANES. PANORMUS. ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Grecian Coins about 300 years B.C.] COINS ISSUED AT THE UNITED STATES MINT AT PHILADELPHIA, FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1792 TO 1888. GOLD. _Double Eagle._ Authorized to be coined, Act of March 3, 1849. Weight, 516 grains; fineness, 900; size, 21. 1850 to 1865, inclusive. No. 1. Obverse: Liberty head, facing left, hair tied behind, a coronet on the forehead inscribed “LIBERTY,” thirteen stars and date. Reverse: An eagle with shield upon its breast, and an olive branch and three arrows in its talons; in its beak, an elaborate scroll, inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM.” Above, a circle of thirteen stars and a curved line of rays extending from wing to wing. “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.” “TWENTY D.” 1866 to 1876, inclusive. No. 2, same, with the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” inscribed within the circle of stars on the reverse. 1877. No. 3. Same, with “TWENTY DOLLARS” for “TWENTY D.” _Eagle._ Authorized to be coined, Act of April 2, 1792. Weight, 270 grains; fineness, 916⅔. Weight changed, Act of June 28, 1834, to 258 grains. Fineness changed, Act of June 28, 1834, to 899.225. Fineness changed, Act of January 18, 1837, to 900. 1795. Obverse: Liberty head, wearing a cap, facing right. Fifteen stars. Above, “LIBERTY;” beneath, “1795;” size, 21. Reverse: An eagle with displayed wings, standing on a palm branch; in beak, a laurel wreath. “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.” 1796. Same, with sixteen stars. 1797. No. 1. Same, with sixteen stars. 1797. No. 2. Obverse: Same, with sixteen stars. Reverse: An eagle with the United States shield upon its breast, a bundle of arrows in the right talon, and an olive branch in the left; in its beak, a scroll inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM.” Around the head are sixteen stars; above, is a curved line of clouds extending from wing to wing. “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.” 1798 to 1801, inclusive. Same, with thirteen stars on the obverse. Of 1798, two varieties with four stars facing. 1802. None issued. 1803 and 1804. Same as No. 2 of 1797. Thirteen stars. 1805 to 1837, inclusive. None issued. 1838 to 1865, inclusive. Obverse: Liberty head facing left, hair tied behind, a coronet on the forehead inscribed “LIBERTY,” thirteen stars, and date.