A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations, struck within the past century : showing their history, and legal basis, and their actual weight, fineness, and value, chiefly from original and recent assays : with which are incorporated treatises on bullion and plate, counterfeit coins, specific gravity of precious metals, etc. : with recent statistics of the production and coinage of gold and silver in the world, and sundry useful tables / by Jacob R. Eckfeldt and William E. Du Bois.

Author/creator Eckfeldt, Jacob R.
Other author Du Bois, William E. (William Ewing), 1810-1881.
Other author Saxton, Joseph, 1799-1873.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia (Pa.) : Published at the Assay Office of the Mint, 1842.
Description220 pages, xvi leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Subjects

General noteIncludes index.
General note"Illustrated by numerous engravings of coins executed by the medal-ruling machine, and under the direction, of Joseph Saxton of the United States mint."
General noteReproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 32914.12.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.