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CHAPTER X.
COIN DEPARTMENT.
Complete and standard list of American silver and copper coins which command a premium:
UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLARS.
LIBERTY 1794 1794 Flowing Hair $ 20 00 1794 Flowing Hair, Fine 30 00 1795 Flowing Hair 1 25 1796 Fillet Head 1 25 1796 Fillet Head 1 60 1797 Fillet Head, 6 Stars Facing 1 60 1797 Fillet Head, 7 Stars Facing 1 60 1798 Fillet Head, 13 Stars, Small Eagle 1 50 1798 Fillet Head, 15 Stars, Small Eagle 2 00 1798 13 Stars, Large Eagle 1 10 1799 5 Stars Facing 1 40 1799 6 Stars Facing 1 10 1800 Spread Eagle 1 15 1801 Spread Eagle 1 30 1802 Spread Eagle 1 30 1802 over 1801, Spread Eagle 1 35 1803 Spread Eagle 1 35
1804 DOLLAR.
UNITED STATES PATTERN DOLLARS.
1836 1836 C. Gobrecht's Name in Field $ 9 00 1836 Flying Eagle 4 00 1838 Flying Eagle 17 00 1839 Flying Eagle 13 50
HALF DOLLARS.
LIBERTY 1794 1794 Flowing Hair, Fair $ 2 00 1794 Flowing Hair, Good 3 00 1795 Flowing Hair 60 1796 Fillet Head, 15 Stars 17 50 1796 Fillet Head, 16 Stars 20 00 1797 Fillet Head, 15 Stars 18 00 1801 Fillet Head 2 00 1802 Fillet Head 2 00 1803 Fillet Head 55 1804 Fillet Head 7 50 1805 Fillet Head 55 1805 over 1804, Fillet Head 60 1806 Fillet Head, if Extra Fine 55 1807 Fillet Head, if Extra Fine 55 1807 Head to Left, if Extra Fine 55 1815 Head to Left, Fair 1 50 1815 Head to Left, Good 2 00 1815 Head to Left, Fine 2 50 1820 over 1819 55 1836 Liberty Cap, Milled Edge 1 50 1836 Liberty Cap, Milled Edge, Fine 1 75
(Having "O" mark underneath bust, and meaning New Orleans Mint, under head like above cut. Ordinary 1838 half dollars without this mint mark are not wanted.)
1851 Liberty Seated $ 55 1851 Liberty Seated, Fine 65 1852 Liberty Seated, Fair 1 40 1852 Liberty Seated, Good 1 75 1852 Liberty Seated, Fine 2 00 1879 Liberty Seated, Fine 55QUARTER DOLLARS.
LIBERTY 1796 1796 Fillet Head, Fair $ 1 50 1796 Fillet Head, Good 2 00 1804 Fillet Head, Fair 1 50 1804 Fillet Head, Good 2 00 1805 Fillet Head, Good 30 1806 Fillet Head, Good 30 1807 Head to Left 30 1815 Head to Left, Fine 35 1818 Head to Left, Fine 30 1819 Head to Left, Fine 30 1820 Head to Left, Fine 30 1821 Head to Left, Fine 30 1822 Head to Left, Fine 30 1823 Head to Left, Fair 16 00 1823 Head to Left, Good 21 00 1824 Head to Left, Fair 35 1824 Head to Left, Good 60 1824 Head to Left, Fine 1 00 1827 Head to Left, Fair 17 50 1827 Head to Left, Good 22 00 1853 (without Arrows and Rays) 2 50
TWENTY CENT PIECES.
1876 $ 25 1877 1 75 1878 1 75DIMES.
1796 Fillet Head, Fair $ 75 1796 Fillet Head, Good 1 50 1797 13 Stars, Fair 1 10 1797 13 Stars, Good 2 00 1797 16 Stars, Fair 1 25 1796 16 Stars, Good 2 00 1798 Fillet Head, Fair 90 1798 Fillet Head, Good 1 75 1800 Fillet Head, Fair 1 00 1800 Fillet Head, Good 1 75 1801 Fillet Head, Fair 1 00 1801 Fillet Head, Good 1 75 1802 Fillet Head, Fair 1 25 1802 Fillet Head, Good 2 00 1803 Fillet Head, Fair 75 1803 Fillet Head, Good 1 25 1804 Fillet Head, Fair 1 25 1804 Filled Head, Good 2 22 1805 Filled Head, Good 20 1807 Filled Head, Good 25 1809 Head to Left, Fair 20 1809 Head to Left, Good 50 1809 Head to Left, Fine 75 1811 Head to Left, Fair 25 1811 Head to Left, Good 50 1811 Head to Left, Fine 75 1814 Head to Left, Fine 15 1820 Head to Left 15 1821 Head to Left, Small Date, Fine 15 1822 Head to Left, Fair 50 1822 Head to Left, Good 75 1822 Head to Left, Fine 1 00 1824 Head to Left 15 1828 Head to Left 15HALF DIMES.
1794 Flowing Hair, Fair $ 1 10 1794 Flowing Hair, Good 2 00 1794 Flowing Hair, Fine 3 00 1795 Flowing Hair, Fair 30 1795 Flowing Hair, Good 60 1796 15 Stars, Fillet Head, Fair 1 50 1796 15 Stars, Fillet Head, Good 2 00 1797 15 Stars, Fillet Head, Fair 1 10 1797 15 Stars, Fillet Head, Good 1 75 1797 16 Stars, Fillet Head, Fair 1 00 1797 16 Stars, Fillet Head, Good 1 75 1800 Fillet Head, Fair 40 1800 Fillet Head, Good 75 1801 Fillet Head, Fair 1 00 1801 Fillet Head, Good 2 00 1802 Fillet Head, Fair 20 00 1802 Fillet Head, Good 40 00 1802 Fillet Head, Fine 75 00 1803 Fillet Head, Fair 1 00 1803 Fillet Head, Good 1 75 1805 Fillet Head, Fair 1 60 1805 Fillet Head, Good 2 25 1838 Liberty Seated, without stars, Fair 08 1838 Liberty Seated, without stars, Good 20 1838 Liberty Seated, without stars, Fine 30 1846 Liberty Seated, Fair 75 1846 Liberty Seated, Good 1 00 1846 Liberty Seated, Fine 1 50SILVER THREE CENT PIECES.
1855 Large Star in Center $ 10 1863 Large Star in Center 40 1864 Large Star in Center 50 1865 Large Star in Center 30 1866 Large Star in Center 30 1867 Large Star in Center 30 1868 Large Star in Center 30 1869 Large Star in Center 25 1870 Large Star in Center 20 1871 Large Star in Center 20 1872 Large Star in Center 20 1873 Large Star in Center 75NICKEL, FIVE CENT PIECES.
1877 $ 25NICKEL, THREE CENT PIECES.
1877 $ 40COPPER TWO CENT PIECES.
1872 $ 05 1873 90COPPER CENTS.
EAGLE NICKEL CENTS.
1856 Fair $ 55 1856 Good 80 1856 Fine 1 10HALF CENTS.
AMERICAN SILVER AND COPPER COINS
NOT ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES MINT.
SILVER COINAGE.
DOLLARS.—First coinage, 1794; none issued 1805 to 1835, inclusive, and 1837.
HALF-DOLLARS.—First coinage, 1794; none issued 1798, 1799, 1816.
QUARTER-DOLLARS.—First coinage, 1796; none issued 1794, 1795, 1797 to 1804, 1808 to 1814, inclusive, 1816, 1817, 1826, 1829, 1830.
DIMES.—First coinage, 1796; none issued 1794, 1795, 1799, 1806, 1808, 1810, 1812, 1813, 1815 to 1819, inclusive, 1826.
HALF-DIMES.—First coinage, 1794; none issued 1798, 1799, 1801, 1806 to 1828, inclusive. The coinage of half-dimes was discontinued in 1873 by Act of Congress.
THREE-CENT PIECES (SILVER).—First coinage, 1851; and then the dates follow in succession until 1873, when the coinage of them was discontinued.
COPPER CENTS.
COPPER CENTS.—First coinage, 1793, none issued 1815; they then follow to 1857, when the coinage was changed to nickel. The nickel cent of 1856 was only a pattern, which continued during this year up to 1864, inclusive. The bronze cent was introduced in this year. In 1865 the nickel cent was discontinued, and up to date the bronze cents are issued.
HALF-CENTS.—First coinage, 1793; none issued 1798, 1799, 1801, 1812 to 1824, inclusive; 1827, 1837, 1838, 1839; in 1857 the issue of half-cents was discontinued.
In 1864 the two-cent piece in bronze was introduced, and discontinued in 1873, by Act of Congress.
In 1865 the three-cent nickel piece was first issued.
In 1866 the five-cent piece was first issued; a very few were struck in 1865 as pattern. In 1883 the die was changed to that of the current issue with liberty head. Although upwards of five million coins of the 1883 nickels without the words "cents" were issued, they will in the course of a few years command a premium. At present they are still quite common.
LOISETTE'S SYSTEM OF MEMORY.
So much has been said about Loisette's memory system, the art has been so widely advertised, and so carefully guarded from all the profane who do not send five or many dollars to the professor, that a few pages showing how every man may be his own Loisette, may be both interesting and valuable.
In the first place, the system is a good one, and well worth the labor of mastering, and if the directions are implicitly followed there can be no doubt that the memory will be greatly strengthened and improved, and that mnemonic feats, otherwise impossible, may be easily performed. Loisette, however, is not an inventor, but an introducer. He stands in the same relation to Dr. Pick that the retail dealer holds to the manufacturer; the one produced the article; the other brings it to the public. Even this statement is not quite fair to Loisette, for he has brought much practical common sense to bear upon Pick's system, and in preparing the new art of mnemonics for the market, in many ways he has made it his own.
If each man would reflect upon the method by which he himself remembers things, he would find his hand upon the key of the whole mystery. For instance, the author was once trying to remember the word blythe. There occurred to my mind the words "Bellman," "Belle," and then the verse
—the peasant upward climbing
Hears the bells of Buloss chiming.
"Barcarole," "Barrack," and so on, until the word "blythe" presented itself with a strange insistence, long after I had ceased trying to recall it.
On another occasion, when trying to recall the name "Richardson," I got the words "hay-rick," "Robertson," "Randallstown," and finally "wealthy," from which naturally I got "rich" and "Richardson" almost in a breath.
Still another example: trying to recall the name of an old schoolmate, "Grady," I got "Brady," "grave," "gaseous," "gastronome," "gracious," and I finally abandoned the attempt, simply saying to myself that it began with a "G," and there was an "a" sound after it. The next morning, when thinking of something entirely different, this name "Grady" came up in my mind with as much distinctness as though some one had whispered it in my ear. This remembering was done without any conscious effort on my part, and was evidently the result of the exertion made the day before, when mnemonic processes were put to work. Every reader must have had similar experience, which he can recall, and which will fall in line with the examples given.
It follows, then, that when we endeavor, without the aid of any system, to recall a forgotten fact or name, our memory presents to us words of a similar sound or meaning in its journey toward the goal to which we have started it. This goes to show that our ideas are arranged in groups in whatever secret cavity or recess of the brain they occupy, and that the arrangement is one not alphabetical exactly and not entirely by meaning, but after some fashion partaking of both.
If you are looking for the word "meadow" you may reach "middle" before
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