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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello Edition, Washington, D.C.: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904, Vol. 3 pp. 26–59. Thomas Jefferson to House of Representatives, July 4, 1790, Report on Plan for Establishing a Uniform Currency, with Draft Copy archived at Library of Congress
Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse $1: Louisiana Purchase Jefferson dollar: Thomas Jefferson: Denomination, 1803-1903 90% Au, 10% Cu Authorized: 250,000 (max, both varieties) Uncirculated: 125,029 (P) Proof: 100 (P) 1903 $1: Louisiana Purchase McKinley dollar William McKinley: Denomination, 1803 ...
[13] The new US silver dollar of 371.25 grains (24.057 g) therefore compared favorably and was received at par with the Spanish dollar for foreign payments, and in 1803 President Thomas Jefferson halted new silver dollars made out of the US Mint's limited resources since it failed to stay in domestic circulation.
The Quarter-Dollar, Half-Dollar and Dollar coins were issued in the copper 91.67% nickel 8.33% composition for general circulation and the Government issued six-coin Proof Set. A special three-coin set of 40% silver coins were also issued by the U.S. Mint in both Uncirculated and Proof.
Most standard US commemorative coin lists begin with the 1892 Columbian half dollar commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America. The following year, the Columbian Exposition quarter dollar featuring Queen Isabella of Spain was issued. [4] In 1915, the mint issued the Panama–Pacific half union, which had a face value of $50.
Your "Thomas Jefferson" could be worth thousands of dollars at this point. The federal government issued $2 currency notes beginning in 1862, which first had a portrait of Alexander Hamilton on ...
Coin Obverse design ... $1: Thomas Jefferson dollar Thomas Jefferson: Statue of Liberty ... Caption: "Samoa Muamua le Atua" (Samoa, God is first)
Lost in time, archeologists excavated a special space at Jefferson's Monticello mansion that astounded even the most experienced social scientists: The living quarters of Sally Hemings, the ...