Download or read book SYLLOGE COINS NATL NUMISM V1 written by Cory Gillilland and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1992 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of a multi-volume series listing the holdings of US coins in the Smithsonian Institution; the collection is important both for its unique items and for its historical scope. Following the usual format of numismatic sylloges, provides detailed black- and-white photographs of both sides of 242 gold coins minted in the US, accompanied by descriptions and references, and arranged chronologically. Also cites provenances and engravers and coiners. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR