Bibframe Instance
TitleA 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.NotePhysical details: incl. tables, xvi pl.Added t.-p., engraved, with vignette.Dimensions28 x 22 cm.Extent3 p. l., iv, [5]-220 p.Provision ActivityPublication: Pennsylvania 1842 Publication: Philadelphia: Pub. at the Assay Office of the Mint; 1842 Responsibility StatementBy Jacob R. Eckfeldt and William E. Du Bois. Illustrated by numerous engravings of coins, executed by the medalruling machine, and under the direction of Joseph Saxton