Description: History of the United States Mint and American Coinage Ancient and Modern1889Published by George G Evans 9.25 inches by 6 inches160 pages plus 1 page note to visitors of the Philadelphia Mint and 5 pages of extra advertisements in back. Covers the range of coin minting. Includes history plus illustrated with numerous portraits and reproduction of coins. Bound in publisher's deep maroon cloth with titles and coin motif stamped in gilt on front board plus embossing. Gilt picture of a 20 Dollar gold piece on the front cover. Titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good considering the age. Some tanning. Covers in very good condition with some shelfware and age marks. Spine top frayed. Spine bottom shows some wear, but not as extensive as top spine. Tips show very little wear. Inside front cover has a pencil mark on front page and page has a tear -- otherwise all pages are clean: no tears, marks, folds or missing pages. Minor age marks on front inside cover illustration. The paper cover for the binding on front cover shows some wear but does not affect the binding. Between pages 70 - 71, binding shows very slight (1 inch) break on lower edge. Binding covers on back cover shows about 1.5 inch separation/rip. Still, a handsome, solid collectable copy. Please see pictures.
Price: 50 USD
Location: Sanbornville, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-12-08T21:01:06.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Signed: No
Publisher: George G. Evans
Subject: Numismatics
Year Printed: 1888
Original/Facsimile: Original
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Evans, George G.; Editor
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: American (US)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
