1792 Suggestions for an Incuse Coinage

Carey, Mathew [publisher]. THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE. Volume XII, No. IV (Philadelphia, October 1792). 8vo, original printed paper covers. Irregularly paginated. Covers and rear leaves wrinkled. Good or better. This issue of Mathew Carey’s important periodical includes an unsigned article on pages 203 and 204 proposing the use of incuse designs on circulating coinage to better preserve the engraved designs (which the article also argues should have more effort expended in improving).