. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The Miiniial liy Eckfcldt and Du liois, lurntioiied aljove, found a parallt-l work in Montixnille W. Dickcson's The Aiihiiran .\iimisnialh Mmimd (1S3')), which, despite the criticism it nTei\ed, went throu'^^h three editions ijy 1865. .As laul(\ as nnich ol' tiie information was. the basic concept of the l)o(jk iielped it to achiexe a standard which never ec|ualcd in later pubUcations of this kind. The New \'ork group claimed as its Iradina; men Charles I. Bushnell (1826-1883), a well-known col- lector and author (jf a book on tokens. A
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The Miiniial liy Eckfcldt and Du liois, lurntioiied aljove, found a parallt-l work in Montixnille W. Dickcson's The Aiihiiran .\iimisnialh Mmimd (1S3')), which, despite the criticism it nTei\ed, went throu'^^h three editions ijy 1865. .As laul(\ as nnich ol' tiie information was. the basic concept of the l)o(jk iielped it to achiexe a standard which never ec|ualcd in later pubUcations of this kind. The New \'ork group claimed as its Iradina; men Charles I. Bushnell (1826-1883), a well-known col- lector and author (jf a book on tokens. An Ainnis^ininil of Tradi'imeti's Cards. Puliliod 7ii/.r>i\, rli . (bSSS), and John Howard , author of.!« /fisinma/ A:-, a jeweler from .\ew Hamp- shire who had established his business in Boston. This work can be regarded as the mosl outstanding contribution of the United States to research in general. In this book one of the thorniest problems in the history of .American coinage, the issues of the C^olonies, found an authoritatix e presentation whicli lias ni-\ er been siu"passed. The basic concept of the work was to consider coins as essentialh' an expression of tlieir time. The\' were thorouro\ed in- valuable in many instances and frequcnth was used by other mmiismatists. Unfortimately, from a means his system has \ery often become an end in itself, its use degenerating into a senseless pursuit, as can be seen in recent publications which promote rcscaicli into the progression of die cracks as an cxclusi\ e aim of numismatics— an activity which entirel)- neglects C;rosl.)y"s historical approach. A strong interest in medals toward I he end of llie century emerged again; they were stutlied hom the historical rather than the artistic point of \iew. None- theless, Joseph F. Loubat's Mefhillii Hi\l(iry nf Ihr United .Stales of .America. I776-I!i7<i (1878) camiot fail to impress the reader with its artisticalK executed plates. A few years lat
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