The Current Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations, Together with Their Weights, Fitness and Intrinsic Value, Reduced to the Standard of the United States. Also, the History of the Official Coinage of the United States Mint from 1792 to the Present Day
Published by R. S. Menamin, Philadelphia, PA, 1880
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Downtown Brown Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Title-page continues: Full description of the national gold, silver, copper, nickel and bronze coins, the respective acts of Congress authorizing their issue and their official weight and fineness. An alphabetical list of all the current coins of all nations with their intrinsic values, calculated in conformity with the official circular issued by order of Congress by the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, on January 1st, 1880. A guide to gold and silver coins giving their quantity of pure metal to allow comparisons between various currencies. The coins are reproduced in reverse (black for the plain metal; stamping in white), with tables facing them providing details of their metallic composition. This is the first edition?the book was reprinted a number of times in the 1880s; the first printing is scarce?the most recent auction listing of this 1880 edition is from a sale in 1919. 112 pages. 12-1/4 by 9 inches, bound in reddish-orange pebbled cloth stamped in black and gold. First edition (first printing, with 1880 on the title and copyright pages). Minor wear to the spine ends, else a near fine copy. Previous owner's name dated 1881 on the front blank; purple inkstamp of the Exchange Bank of Greenville, Ohio on several pages.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Current Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations, Together with Their Weights, Fitness and Intrinsic Value, Reduced to the Standard of the United States. Also, the History of the Official Coinage of the United States Mint from 1792 to the Present Day
- Author
- Michels, Ivan C.
- Publisher
- R. S. Menamin, Philadelphia, PA
- Publication year
- 1880
- Condition
- Near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
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