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Exceptional coins and photography. Thanks for posting. (View Post)

There was an earlier deposit of California gold, sent to the Philadelphia Mint on December 7, 1847, by Beach Brothers of New York City. The total weight was 22,572 dwts (pennyweights) 10 grs (grains)… (View Post)

In 1816 the Mint Treasurer was appointed by the Treasury Department to distribute copper coins at a fee of, I think, 2 percent. In 1833 William Findlay was the Mint Treasurer and the sheet posted by … (View Post)

The reverse of the 1920 Wilson dollar is similar to the reverse of the 1882 Assay Commission medal, shown here. The original 1882 design was by Charles Barber and was adapted by George Morgan for the… (View Post)

The silver patterns were priced at $2.50 each or $15 for the set; prices in paper currency. The dies were destroyed in April 1874 and a request for a set from Francis E. Spinner in June could not be … (View Post)