Dye J.S. Dye's coin encyclopedia: A Complete Illustrated History of the Coins of the World

Bradley & Company, Philadelphia: 1883. — 1152 p.Earliest known mediums of exchange.
Discovery of the precious metals.
Coins of the bible.
Ancient greek, roman and jewish coinage.
Early and modern coins of Asia and Africa.
Anglo-american, american colonial, and continental issues.
Anglo-american tokens, and the pattern pieces, experimental issues.And coins of the United States of America.
Together with a general history of mines, mining, mints, assays, etc.
Illustrated with over fifteen hundred fac-similes.