. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Pig. 11.âFloor Plan of the numismatic exhibit at the Mint arranged by T. D. Comparette (from (juulc In the Xumnmatic Colleclion of the Mint. 1913). cases the gift of a sintjie specimen will exceed in significance another contribution of thousands of items, because historical importanceânot intrinsic \alueâis the primary consideration. Thus an heirloom from the Theodore Roose\'elt family (fig. 8(S)-^ or from Mr. Kent Packard, a descendant of the noted engraver Christian Gobrecht, arouses special interest (figs. 94â97). A group of original ske
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Pig. 11.âFloor Plan of the numismatic exhibit at the Mint arranged by T. D. Comparette (from (juulc In the Xumnmatic Colleclion of the Mint. 1913). cases the gift of a sintjie specimen will exceed in significance another contribution of thousands of items, because historical importanceânot intrinsic \alueâis the primary consideration. Thus an heirloom from the Theodore Roose\'elt family (fig. 8(S)-^ or from Mr. Kent Packard, a descendant of the noted engraver Christian Gobrecht, arouses special interest (figs. 94â97). A group of original sketches, designs on mica, and models prepared for the 183t)-1838 coinage in- Christian Gobrecht (figs. 79-82), as well as additional materials illustratixe of the work of mint engra\-ers William Kneass, J. B. Longacre, George T. Morgan (fig. 84), and William Barber are invalunhli- research materials for the study of die-sinking tech- niques in the United States since the early lytii century. Among important die trials is the 183() ob\erse design by Gobrecht of a half dollar struck on an octagonal planchet (fig. 78). Two other unique documents worth\- of note are the original dies prepared in 1861 by Robert Lovett, Jr., in Philadel- phia, for the proposed striking b\- the Confcderacv of a copper cent (fig. 85),'° and the only survi\ing complete set of six Confederate â "chemicograph" currenc\' ]3lates manulactured by S. Straker and Sons in London. r'.S'. Rflml, p. c. '" Rfjmrt. 19f>L', p. 46; sec also, John J. Ford. "The Confederate Clent," The Cutn Collector's Jaurnal (I9ril), pp. ')-14. PAPER 31 : HISTORY UF THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTIONS 15. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States
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