A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations, struck within the past century, showing their history and legal basis, and their actual weight, fineness, and value ... to which are incorporated treatises on bullion and plate, counterfeit coins ... Illustrated with numerous engravings of coins executed by the metal-ruling machine, and under direction of Joseph Jackson, of the United States Mint
Philadelphia: published at the Assay Office of the Mint, 1842. First edition, 4to, pp. [4], iv, [1], 6-220; inserted half-title printed in silver on glazed paper and 16 composite plates printed on glazed paper; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; small snag at the top of..... More