U.S. National Archives (Record Group 104, Entry 11, Branch Mint Correspondence)
Beschreibung:
New Orleans Mint correspondence for the year 1845. Scans drawn from National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) record group 104, entry 11, boxes 28-31, and reordered chronologically by year. Scans originally acquired through Robert W. Julian, operating under a grant from Central States Numismatic Society, with image post-processing by Roger Burdette and page sorting by Nicole Fry.
"Dialogues Upon The Usefullness of Ancient Medals; Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets", by Joseph Addison. Excerpt from 1845's "The Works of Joseph Addison", volume three.
An extensive listing of genuine and counterfeit silver dollars and silver half dollars of the United States and Mexico, this provide a useful view of the counterfeiting problem at the time of publication.