DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL M.S., 15 PAGES. TYPED, DOUBLE SPACED, SINGLE SIDED. EARLIEST MANUSCRIPT BY BREEN IN NUMISMATICS. THIS RECEIVED THE ATTENTION OF WORMSER, FORD, SHELDON & A FEW OTHERS. 

PAGES 1-7: NINE MOTTOES 1792-1950 OF U.S. MINT PRODUCTS, NO COLONIAL. MOTTOES ARE CORRECTLY STATED

& TRANSLATED. TEXT & ANNOTS. INCLUDES CITED SOURCES [WB QUOTE: "ALWAYS NAME YOUR SOURCES, IF ITS WRONG, ITS NOT YOUR FAULT"]. AS ALWAYS--THROUGHOUT HIS 45 YEARS IN NUM.--WB CITES ORIGINS OF MOTTOES. PAGE 4 HAS FIRST WB PENCIL DRAWN NUMISMATIC "ARTYFACT", SEE SCAN #5 ABOVE. 

SECOND SET OF PAGES 5-8: WB CITES 79 EXAMPLES OF "GOD OUR TRUST", "GOD AND OUR COUNTRY", "IN GOD WE TRUST".  

REFERENCE NOTES: 1) ONE PAGE IS ONION-SKIN, 2) ONE ON LEAGAL SIZE, 3) ONE ON COLLEGE SIZE RULLED. 1): ONION-SKIN: TYPED OUTLINE; ANNOTATED BOTH SIDES. 2): LEGAL SIZE: SEE SCAN FOR SIDE 1, TYPED. SIDE 2 IS--TOP TO BOTTOM--IN PENCIL AUTOGRAPH: "PLATES FOR PROPOSED ESSAIS MONOGRAPH (OR MOTTO STUDY). 3): COLLEGE RULED: "CMC = COLLECTION OF U-S-& FOREIGN COINS IN MINT CABINET AT PHILADELPHIA MAR 1869" IN AUTOGRAPH OUTLINE 1792-1869 U.S. MINT, FOREIGN, BY DATE, DENOMINATION & TYPE. SECTION TO FAR RIGHT IS FOR COLONIAL COINS MOTTOES,  WHICH DID NOT MAKE THE MANUSCRIPT.    

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