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Excerpt from A List of Washington Memorial Medals In the bill for the establishment of the mint of the United States as it originated in the senate, it was provided that there should be placed on the gains a representation of the head of the president, but this was amended in the lower house by substituting upon one side of said coins there shall be an ima pression emblematic of liberty. Doubtless this action of Con gress was in accordance with the expressed wish of the president, and it is stated that at his suggestion the head of liberty was substituted for his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.