Correspondence and research materials related to the development of the April 2, 1792 Mint act. Includes email correspondence with Lou Jordon on the subject of Washington's depiction on U.S. coinage, biographies of U.S. legislators involved with the creation of the Mint Act, and extracts from congressional records, 1791-1792, regarding the Mint Act passage.
Speaking notes to accompany a slide presentation by Raymond H. Williamson, possibly given at an American Numismatic Association convention. Annotations are in Newman's hand.
Inventory of the Richard Bagg library, along with letter of transmittal from Bagg to Eric P. Newman, 3/5/93, offering the Bagg library en masse at $42,000.
Eric P. Newman Research Files (U.S. Federal Coinage)
描述:
Eric P. Newman correspondence from 1999-2005, discussing the 1792 half disme. The primary correspondent is Joel J. Orosz. Also included are Lou Jordan, David Yoon, Dick Doty, Ken Bressett, and Joanne Isaac.
Includes Newman's review of the article by Joel Orosz and Carl Herkowitz in the American Journal of Numismatics 15 (2003), "George Washington and America's 'Small Beginning' in Coinage: The Fabled 1792 Half Disme."
