Download or read book Spanish Colonial Coins of North America Mexico Mint written by Andrew J. S. McNickle and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Variety Guide to the Silver and Copper Coinage of the Mexico City Mint 1772 1821 written by Brad Yonaka and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes history, population statistics, and varieties of all Spanish colonial coinage issued by the Mexico City mint, 1772-1821
Download or read book Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection written by Alan K. Craig and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2000 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After Spain's colonial American mints poured forth a flood of silver coins, some of that treasure ended up in wrecks off the Florida coast. Alan Craig's captivating study explains how those coins were made and what historians and numismatists can learn from them."--Kendall W. Brown, Brigham Young University "The State of Florida is indeed fortunate that its colonial coin inventory, Florida's shipwreck patrimony, could be studied by Alan Craig. This work enriches us all."--Eugene Lyon, author of The Enterprise of Florida: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Spanish Conquest of 1565-1568 and The Search for the Atocha The State of Florida owns a vast collection, nearly 23,000 specimens, of Spanish treasure coins salvaged from shipwrecks in Florida waters. It is the largest of its kind in existence. Alan Craig explains the circumstances behind their manufacture and describes the transporting of these unique hand-made coins, a complicated business full of intrigue and royal regulations. When freshly minted gold and silver left the Spanish colonial viceroyalties of Peru and Mexico aboard fleets of galleons headed to Spain, a number of ships sank off the coast of Florida. Counterfeiting was rife at the time, and Craig discusses a variety of mint scandals, especially those perpetrated by the notorious Francisco Gomez de la Rocha. Craig also analyzes coins from the mints of Mexico City, Potosi, Lima, and elsewhere. He follows the procedure of making coins, from mining the silver to refining it and ultimately converting it into coins of various sizes, and takes readers on a vivid "virtual" visit to a mint where they watch African slaves pour molten silver from furnaces into special molds and witness the days of constant hammering, annealing, die striking, blanching, weighing, and counting and recounting necessary to produce a sack of coins. Outstanding specimens from the Florida collection are depicted in numerous superb photographs, many enlarged to show elements of the engraving discussed in the text. In a final section Craig discusses the numismatic significance of the thousands of coins in the collection. As both an economic history and a numismatic study, this work will be a fascinating resource for historians, archaeologists, coin collectors, and general readers interested in maritime treasure. Alan K. Craig is professor emeritus of geography and geology at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and coeditor of In Quest of Mineral Wealth.
Download or read book Cobs Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins written by Sewall Hamm Menzel and published by Amer Numismatic Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive and fully referenced study, Sewall Menzel brings together the critical details and information needed to understand the ten early Spanish mints of Mexico, Santo Domingo, Peru, Potosi, Panama, Santa Fe del Nuevo Reino (Bogota), Cartagena, Cuzco, Guatemala, and Cuba, and their respective coinages. Through the use of almost 3,000 photos and diagrams, the coins are identified by mint, reigning monarch, denomination, mint assayer, and type. Whether one is a coin collector, dealer, treasure hunter, or scholar, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins provides an unparalleled wealth of useful historical and numismatic information.
Download or read book The Coinage of the First Mint of the Americas at Mexico City 1536 1572 written by Robert I. Nesmith and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Numismatic Archaeology of North America written by Marjorie H. Akin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numismatic Archaeology of North America is the first book to provide an archaeological overview of the coins and tokens found in a wide range of North American archaeological sites. It begins with a comprehensive and well-illustrated review of the various coins and tokens that circulated in North America with descriptions of the uses for, and human behavior associated with, each type. The book contains practical sections on standardized nomenclature, photographing, cleaning, and curating coins, and discusses the impacts of looting and of working with collectors. This is an important tool for archaeologists working with coins. For numismatists and collectors, it explains the importance of archaeological context for complete analysis.
Download or read book The Forgotten Mint of Colonial Panama written by Jorge A. Proctor and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Practical Book of Cobs written by Daniel Sedwick and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular book has been out of print since 1995 and unavailable for a number of years now, so this [fourth] edition should be a most welcome addition to the market! Greatly expanded from the previous edition (more than 100 pages longer!), this 20th Anniversary Edition contains a long new section on the shipwrecks that have yielded cobs over the years, complete with a foldout map and specified bibliographies for each wreck. Also, the assayer section incorporates the latest research information, with specimen photos of most of the assayers (not separated into a photo section as before). The values in the back, of course, have been updated. What has not changed, however, is the appeal to both beginners and advanced collectors alike, as well as dealers and jewelers who work with cobs. The Practical Book of Cobs offers readers a look at the following topics:Historical background / Elements of design / Market values / Extensive bibliography / Complete ID of mint marks, assayers, and period / How cobs were made and used / Treasure Fleets and other shipwrecks that produced cobs / How to buy and sell, and how to spot counterfeits.
Download or read book Spanish Dollars and Sister Republics written by Tatiana Seijas and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish Dollars and Sister Republics traces the linked history of the new nations of Mexico and the United States from the 1770s to the 1860s. Tatiana Seijas and Jake Frederick highlight the common challenges facing both countries in their early decades of independence by exploring the creation of coin money. The remarkable story begins when both countries chose the Spanish piece of eight (silver coin) as their monetary standard. The authors examine how each nation instituted its own currency, designed coins to represent its national ideals, and then spent decades trying to establish the legitimacy of its money. Readers learn about the creation and circulation of money through the stories of a banker in Philadelphia, a Mexican general in Texas, a surveyor in Sonora, and others. The focus on individuals provides an engaging window into the economic history of Mexico and the United States. Seijas and Frederick show how the creation of U.S. dollars and Mexican pesos paralleled these countries’ efforts to establish enduring political and economic systems, illustrating why these nations closed the nineteenth century on very different historical trajectories.
Download or read book Colonial Coins Of The Spanish Empire written by Keith Woodward and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An identification guide to coins of the Spanish colonies, Full color images with descriptions of coins. Identification of coins used under the reigns of the Spanish kings, Dates of production, mints, and types of coins minted under each king. This small Spanish colonial coin identification guide is packed with the information you need to start identifying the various Spanish coins in your collection.
Download or read book Los Escudos de los reyes de Espa a en las monedas coloniales de M xico written by Andrew J. Stanley Mac Nickle and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Coins of Colonial America written by Joseph R. Lasser and published by Colonial Williamsburg. This book was released on 1997 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An impressive collection of antique coins donated to the Foundation is the focus of this book. Joseph Lasser contributed an overview about currency in colonial North America and sections on "Latin American Origins," "Coins Powered World Trade," "Coins in Colonial America," and "A Williamsburg Merchant Counts His Money."
Download or read book 2019 North American Coins Prices written by David C. Harper and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring more than 50,000 individual coin listings and updated coin prices for the United States, Canada and Mexico, 2019 North American Coins & Prices is the perfect all-in-one guide for the coin collector, dealer and enthusiast.
Download or read book Coinage of the Americas written by Theodore V. Buttrey and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The End of the Mexican Dollar written by Abram Piatt Andrew and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Coinages of Latin America and the Caribbean written by E. A. Furber and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mail Auction Sale written by Henry Christensen, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
