A description of the medals of Washington;
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781425522070
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: IT was proposed, during the administration of Washington, to place his effigy on the coins of the United States; and with that view, in 1791 and 1792, before the Mint was regularly in operation, several experimental dies were prepared with his portrait upon the obverse or principal side.