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ing the early part of the eighteenth century. Of the copper pieces 

 of various designs issued by the individual States, and there passed 

 as cents immediately after the Revolution, there are examples from 

 Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Especially noteworthy 

 is a copy of what is supposed to have been a pattern dollar struck 

 in 1776, which bears on the obverse the inscription " Continental cur- 

 rency, 1776," and on the reverse the names of the thirteen Colonies on 

 intertwined rings encircling the words "American Congress," " We 

 are one." Many of the copper coins or tokens of this period have 

 the head of Washington, with inscriptions relating to his career, and 

 of this type the collection contains interesting examples. The colo- 

 nial and Revolutionary series are followed by a nearly complete 

 collection of copper and bronze pieces issued by the United States 

 since the establishment of the mint in 1792, different kinds of the 

 half-cent, cent, and 2-cent issues being shown. Among the nonoffi- 

 cial coins is displayed a fine series of the so-called "hard times 

 tokens," which circulated largely during the Presidencies of Andrew 

 Jackson and Martin Van Buren, 1833-1841. In the matter of silver 

 and gold coins the exhibition is somewhat disappointing, but it con- 

 tains one very rare specimen — the famous " Stella " or $1 gold pat- 

 tern piece of 1879. Terminating the United States series is a set of 

 the somewhat crudely designed Hawaiian currency of 1883, consist- 

 ing of four pieces — dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollar — and an- 

 other of the far more artistic silver, nickel and bronze coins issued 

 for use in the Philippine Islands, comprising the half-centavo, cen- 

 tavo, 5-centavo, 10-centavo, 20-centavo, half-peso and peso pieces. 



The classification of the United States medals is under 12 heads, 

 namely, (1) struck prior to the Revolution; (2) struck during the 

 Revolution or shortly thereafter; (3) commemorating events of the 

 Revolution but struck subsequently; (4) commemorating events dur- 

 ing the quasi war with France and the War with Tripoli; (5) com- 

 memorating events during the War with Mexico, the Civil War and 

 the Spanish- American War; (6) commemorating the various presi- 

 dential administrations and for presentation to Indian chiefs in token 

 of peace and friendship; (7) commemorating the services of indi- 

 viduals; (8) awarded by the Government in recognition of services 

 in saving life; (9) issued by, or awarded to, well-known societies and 

 institutions; (10) coimnemorating notable events from 1800 to 1900; 

 (11) commemorating centennial and other celebrations; and (12) 

 commemorating expositions and fairs. In each of these classes the 

 arrangement is chronological except those relating to personal 

 services, where it is alphabetical by the names of the recipients. The 

 collection consists largely of bronze copies of gold medals which have 



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