Excerpt from Coin and Medal Bulletin, Vol. 1: September, 1916 The whole design is very appropriate to California, which in 1851 had but recently emerged from Mexican domination. The denomination of one doubloon, or sixteen dollars. Is likewise appropriate, as the doubloon was so long current in that section of the country. The diameter of the piece is 35 inin., with plain edge, and it is com posed of a brass composition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find ...
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Excerpt from Coin and Medal Bulletin, Vol. 1: September, 1916 The whole design is very appropriate to California, which in 1851 had but recently emerged from Mexican domination. The denomination of one doubloon, or sixteen dollars. Is likewise appropriate, as the doubloon was so long current in that section of the country. The diameter of the piece is 35 inin., with plain edge, and it is com posed of a brass composition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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