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Exonumia , Bickford Dollar , Strange
DUIGUY
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Aluminum with brass central insert. Plain edge. 58.9 grains; 28.0 mm. Obverse with HERE IS SHOWN THE VALUE OF OUR DOLLAR IN THE COIN OF DIFFERENT NATIONS OF THE WORLD around a circle, international coinage ratios in smaller circles around another circle, INVENTED AND PROTECTED BY DANA BICKFORD within that circle around brass insert, insert marked REPUBLICAN INTERNAT'L DOLLAR, reverse with THIS COMBINATION COIN WILL WHEN ADOPTED BE GOOD IN ALL NATIONS/HEAL ALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOLD AND SILVER MEN/AND FULLY SETTLE ALL FINANCIAL QUESTIONS/APPROVED BY ALL GOOD BUSINESS MEN in decreasing circles around the brass insert, same markings on this side of the insert as on the obverse.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
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