Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

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 and Assaying Gold and Silver fully described: With Biographical Sketches of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, John Jay Knox, James P. Kimball, Daniel M. Fox, and the Mint Officers from its foundation to the present, To Which are Added A Glossary of Mint Terms and the Latest Official Tables of the Annual Products of Gold and Silver in the different States, and Foreign Countries, with Monetary Statistics of all Nations

Philadelphia: George G. Evans, 1885. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. VI, [2], 162, [6]pp. Original gilt-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Steel-engraved frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous phototypes, steel portraits, wood engravings, and b/w photographic reproductions, this history of the United States Mint remains an important reference book today. It contains accurate information about the history of the Mint as well as coin making procedures. Binding heavily rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Two pertinent newspaper clips pasted on inside of front cover and front free endpaper. Previous owner's blind stamp (John G. Buxton - Redondo Beach - California) on front free endpaper and at verso of frontispiece. Binding in overall fair, interior in very good condition. f to vg. Item #39509

Price: $95.00

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