Davis 325. 1 plate, medal-ruled. A table summarizes the Mint cabinet at the time, some 3800 pieces, of which approximately 10% were U.S. issues. There is no specific cataloguing of the U.S. coinage, but this important work describes the genesis of the collection: “The collection was commenced in June, 1838. Long before that date, however, Mr. Adam Eckfeldt, formerly Chief Coiner, led as well by his own taste as by the expectation that a conservatory would some day be established took pains to preserve master-coins of the different annual issues of the Mint, and to retain some of the hnest foreign specimens, as they appeared in deposit for recoinage. As soon as a special annual appropriation was instituted for this object, by Congress (which was as soon as it was asked), the collection took a permanent form, and from the nucleus above mentioned, has gone on in a continual course of augmentation since. It is now nearly as large as we expect or wish to have it, excepting, however, that specimens of new coinage, domestic or foreign, must be added as they appear.”
The best guide to the contents of the Mint Cabinet, today part of the National Numismatic Collection and administered through the American Museum of National History within the Smithsonian.
A guide to the Mint Cabinet contents as of 1860, along with a short introduction on the technological history of coin production. By this time the Mint Cabinet had substantial and varied holdings of ancient, foreign, and United States material. The pictorial plates are on embossed paper with gold, silver, and copper coloring applied.
The best guide to the contents of the Mint Cabinet, today part of the National Numismatic Collection and administered through the American Museum of National History within the Smithsonian.
A basic guide to numismatics, particularly American, aimed at visitors to the United States Mint in Philadelphia. Smith's inclusion of a 7-page biographical entry on Mint Director Archibald Loudon Snowden was likely intended to facilitate favorable distribution of the work.
A visitor's guide to the Mint Cabinet at the United States Mint in Philadelphia, prepared by the Curator T.L. Comparette. This was a followup to an earlier publication that cataloged the entire collection, which, at over 600 pages, was not practical to market to tourists.
A visitor's guide to the Mint Cabinet at the (2nd) United States Mint in Philadelphia. This particular copy is inscribed by the author to Charles R. Cron, and dated Oct.(?) 25, 1877.
