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Trust Your Coins to the Experts Founded in 1987, NGC is the world’s largest third-party coin authentication, grading and encapsulation service. Collectors and dealers around the world trust NGC for its accurate and consistent grading, its commitment to impartiality and its industryleading guarantee. Learn more at NGCcoin.com/about Andy Salzberg, ANA 3162111 | Steve Eichenbaum, ANA LM 5735 | Rick Montgomery, ANA 1216123
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No. VOLUME 136 APRIL 2023 Contents for collectors of coins, medals, tokens & paper money at 04 32 A Novel Coin The U.S. Mint issued two bookish commemoratives for the Library of Congress’s bicentennial in 2000. Louis Golino COVER STORY Photo: ANA Museum/ Robert B. Kelley PAGE 39 PAGE 45 39 45 APRIL 2023 MEXICAN NUMISMATICS Ricardo de León Tallavas FEATURES The Monclova Mint A report about a counterfeiting incident reveals details about a little-known coining facility that operated during the Mexican War of Independence. BRITISH COINS Bob Bair William Wyon’s Una and the Lion A prolific designer crafted a coin that celebrates Queen Victoria and her leadership using characters from a 16th-century epic poem. money.org | The NUMISMATIST 3

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Trust Your Coins to the Experts

Founded in 1987, NGC is the world’s largest third-party coin authentication, grading and encapsulation service. Collectors and dealers around the world trust NGC for its accurate and consistent grading, its commitment to impartiality and its industryleading guarantee.

Learn more at NGCcoin.com/about

Andy Salzberg, ANA 3162111 | Steve Eichenbaum, ANA LM 5735 | Rick Montgomery, ANA 1216123

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