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Fig. 12. — Adam Eckfeldt (1769-1852), chief coiner 

 of the United States Mint. 



The L'nited States paper money collection has been 

 considerably increased through numerous donations 

 of Colonial notes — including some uncut sheets — 

 obsolete state bank notes, a large and authoritative 

 collection of Confederate notes, and Raphael P. 

 Thian"s album entitled "The Currency of the Con- 

 federate States. . . ." '' Noteworthy is a copper plate 

 dated September 26, 1778, used in' the British in 

 New York for counterfeiting 40-dollar Colonial notes 

 (fig. 87).'^ Various phases of the history of United 

 States paper money are illuminated by a few selected 

 examples: two exceedingly rare "seal-skin" notes cir- 

 culated in Alaska in 1816 by the Russo-American 

 Company (fig. 88), a scrip for 6, '4 cents issued by 

 Gadsby's National Hotel in Washington in 1837 

 (fig. 89), a unique Sub-Treasury interest-bearing 

 certificate of deposit for the amount of SI 0,000 issued 

 in 1862 (fig. 90), and a United States 100-dollar gold 

 certificate, 1877 (fig. 91).^' The specimen printing of 

 a 100,000-dollar gold certificate (fig. 92) is one from 

 a large group of such printings of United States cur- 

 rency notes transferred by the Bureau of Engraving 

 and Printing. 



The remarkable growth in the medals section of the 



" USA.Vt Rrport, 1963, p. 41 ; .S7 Repml, 1963, p. 37. 



'' Cf. Eric P. Newman, "Counterfeit Continental Currency 

 Goes to War," 7/«-,V«mi.rma/u/( 19,57), vol. 70, pp. .") G, 137-147; 

 and by the same author, "The Successful British Counterfeiting 

 of .\inerican Paper Money During the .Xmcrican Kcvolulion," 

 Th- lititiih Xumismalic Journal {\9bn), vol. 29, pp. 174-187. 



" VSNM Report, 1961, p. 53. 



national collection reflects the recently increased in- 

 terest in this field in the United States. Indicative of 

 this growth are additions such as early Washington 

 portrait medals, a hitherto unknown variety of an 

 1843 Indian peace medal in pewter distributed by a 

 Missom-i fur-trading company (fig. 93), a gift from 

 Harvey G. Stack, ^^ a group of early American medals 

 depicting notable statesmen (figs. 94—97), and a 

 imique gold John Paul Jones plaquette executed in 

 1906 by Victor D. Brenner, received from Mr. and 

 Mrs. Isadore Snyderman.^' 



Particular importance attaches to authoritative spe- 

 cialized collections such as the Polish coins assembled 

 by Andrew Zabriskie (fig. 107),'^ the Canadian and 

 Newfoundland coinages received from the Honorable 

 and Mrs. R. H. Norweb (fig. 119),^" the \ast paper 

 monc\' series issued within the ."Xustrian Empire (fig. 

 121) coming from Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Neinken, 

 and especially Willis H. du Pont's famous Grand Duke 

 Georgii Mikhailovich collection of Russian coins and 

 medals (figs. 109-118, 124-125). ^'^ This Russian group 

 is exceeded in extent and importance only by the 

 holdings of the Hermitage Museum. 



" USNM Report, 1963, p. 40; SI Report, 1963, p. 37. 

 3"' US.Wi Report, 1963, p. 41 ; SI Report, 1963, p. 37. 

 '^ USNM Report, 1962, p. 46; 5/ Report, 1962, p. 2t . 

 " ra.V.U Report, 1960, p. 41 ; 1963, pp. 40-41; SI Report, 



1960, p. 18; 1963, p. 37. 



3' US.HM Report, 1960, p. 41 ; 1961, p. .')2; 1962, p. 46; 1963, 

 p. 41; 1964, p. 52; 1965, p. 133; SI Report, 1960, pp. 17-18; 



1961. p. 29; 1962, p. 20; 1963, p. 37; 1964, p. 31; 1965, p. 133. 



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