Ye Olde Mint
Author: Frank H. Stewart
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13:
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The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint
Author: Joel J. Orosz
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780794832445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrank H. Stewart is both the hero and the villain in this remarkable tale ripped from the headlines of early 20th century Philadelphia. He was a high school dropout who wrote the definitive history of our nation's first coin factory. He was no art connoisseur, and yet he commissioned unforgettable paintings of the first U.S. Mint, by famous artists. A poor boy made good, Stewart bought the old Mint, labored to preserve it, and failed in the most dramatic way possible. Could his later acts of commemoration redeem his failures in preservation? The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint tells, for the first time, the full story of the paradoxical Frank H. Stewart and his self-appointed life's mission to celebrate an irreplaceable slice of our nations heritage. It is a tour-de-force work of scholarship that sets straight long misunderstood Mint history. This groundbreaking new book by award winning authors Joel Orosz and Leonard Augsburger is filled with dozens of sketches, paintings, and photographs of the first Mint that have been preserved in archival collections for decades, and have not been seen by living
United States Mint in Philadelphia, The
Author: Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467129194
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"As the ink was drying on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other documents that established the United States, millions of Americans hungered for new legal tender coinage from the young sovereign nation. Following calls by Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers for the nation to issue its own money, Congress passed legislation to officially establish the United States Mint in 1792. Growing from its humble beginnings as a collection of small buildings in the nation's onetime capital city of Philadelphia, the United States Mint now stands along Independence National Historical Park as the largest coin factory in the world. While the Philadelphia Mint is one of several official United States coin manufacturing facilities, it remains the heart of coining operations in the nation and is also one of the most popular attractions in "The City of Brotherly Love"."--Back cover.
A Guide Book of the United States Mint
Author: Q. David Bowers
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Published: 2016-10-25
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780794843977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe U.S. Mint is the source of the little copper, silver, and gold objects of material culture and value that numismatists collect, study, and catalog. It is the sole manufacturer of the nation's legal-tender coinage, and its products are used every day by millions of Americans nationwide. As a repository its facilities safeguard more than $300 billion in national assets. It employs nearly 2,000 people, including its own police force. This unique book unearths a treasure trove of numismatic knowledge, including the history of the Philadelphia Mint and every Mint branch, plus private and territorial mints; information on historical and modern minting procedures; a study and price guide of historic medals and other collectibles commemorating the Mint; data on every director of the Mint and superintendents for every branch; and illustrated behind-the-scenes looks at the modern Mint and its facilities.
History of the First United States Mint
Author: Frank H. Stewart
Publisher:
Published: 1924
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFacts about United States Money
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury
Publisher:
Published: 1956
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States Mint in Philadelphia
Author: Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2018-11-12
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1439665796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the ink was drying on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other documents that established the United States, millions of Americans hungered for new legal tender coinage from the young sovereign nation. Following calls by Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers for the nation to issue its own money, Congress passed legislation to officially establish the United States Mint in 1792. Growing from its humble beginnings as a collection of small buildings in the nation's onetime capital city of Philadelphia, the United States Mint now stands along Independence National Historical Park as the largest coin factory in the world. While the Philadelphia Mint is one of several official United States coin manufacturing facilities, it remains the heart of coining operations in the nation and is also one of the most popular attractions in "The City of Brotherly Love."
Coin Heist
Author: Elisa Ludwig
Publisher: Adaptive Books
Published: 2017-05-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781945293238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA YA heist adventure about a group of high school students who hatch a plan to rob the U.S. Mint in order to save their school.
Architects to the Nation
Author: Antoinette J. Lee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000-04-20
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780195351866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique book traces the evolution and accomplishments of the office that from 1852 until 1939 held a virtual monopoly over federal building design. Among its more memorable buildings are the Italianate U.S. Mint in Carson City, the huge granite pile of the State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C., the towering U.S. Post Office in Nashville, New York City's neo-Renaissance customhouse, and such "restorations" as the ancient adobe Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. In tracing the evolution of the Office and its creative output, Antoinette J. Lee evokes the nation's considerable efforts to achieve an appropriate civic architecture.
Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher’s Defiant Coins
Author: Robert D. Leonard Jr., Ken Hallenbeck & Adna G. Wilde Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467135259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the turn of the last century, miner Joseph Lesher attempted to raise the price of silver by privately minting octagonal "Referendum souvenir medal" coins with values of $1.25 or $1. They were common in Victor, Cripple Creek, Denver and other places in Colorado in the days after William Jennings Bryan fought unsuccessfully for free silver. Surviving an initial dust-up with the Secret Service, Lesher found a loophole to place them in circulation in 1900 and 1901. Today, coin collectors pay more than $1,000 for one. This is the story of Joseph Lesher and his audacious private mint, along with the merchants in the mining towns and elsewhere who supported him.
