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The Historical Records Survey (HRS) was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States.Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives.
Coins were first made of scraps of metal by hitting a hammer positioned over an anvil. The Chinese produced primarily cast coinage, and this spread to South-East Asia and Japan. Although few non-Chinese cast coins were produced by governments, it was a common practice amongst counterfeiters. Electrum coin from Ephesus, 650-625 BC.
The Coinage Act of 1792 established the United States Mint and regulated the coinage of the United States. [3] The act created coins in the denominations of Half Cent (1/200 of a dollar), Cent (1/100 of a dollar, or a cent), Half Dime (also known as a half disme) (five cents), Dime (also known as a disme) (10 cents), Quarter (25 cents), Half Dollar (50 cents), Dollar, Quarter Eagle ($2.50 ...
On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...
These coins are currently on display at the Clinton Library. The challenge coins appear in the background of his official portrait, now hanging in the White House. President George W. Bush received a challenge coin from a Marine combat patrol unit during his short but unexpected visit to Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province, Iraq, 3 September 2007 ...
A coin expert told Rick and the seller that it's, "one of the rarest coins in American A 1922 High-Relief Proof Coin to be exact. A rare silver dollar is worth big bucks on 'Pawn Stars'
Paine's attack on monarchy in Common Sense is essentially an attack on George III. Whereas colonial resentments were originally directed primarily against the king's ministers and Parliament, Paine laid the responsibility firmly at the king's door. Common Sense was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution. It was a clarion call ...
(2*4 variety) Daniel Boone, 2*4 in field Boone with a Native American 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated: 10,000 (P) [5] 1921 50¢ Alabama Centennial half dollar: Thomas Kilby and William Bibb: Adaptation of the State Seal of Alabama: 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized: 100,000 (max) Uncirculated: 35,030 (P) [6] 1921 50¢ Alabama Centennial half dollar (2X2 ...