America's Gold Coinage

America's Gold Coinage

Author: William E. Metcalf

Publisher: Amer Numismatic Society

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780897222389

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A record of the Coinage of the Americas Conference (COAC) held in 1989. Contents : A Study of Classic Half Eagles 1834-1838, A Nineteenth-Century Proposal, Metallic Panaceas: Gold Bugs, Silver Crusaders and the Wizard of Oz, In Search of the IMperfect Coin: A Cautionary Tale, "An onerous and delicate task": Franklin Peale's Mission South 1837, Collecting United States Gold Coins: A Numismatic History, The Politics of Coinage as Illustrated by Recent Commemorative Issues, and Reflections on the Gold Coinage of the Twentieth Century.