Numismatist Article and George Clinton Cent Público Deposited

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    All,

    I was wondering if any of you have had a chance to read John
    Kraljevich's article in the July Numismatist on the Early Coins of
    New York? It provides a nice overview of both the historical and
    economic setting in New York surrounding the various colonial coins
    that circulated in New York.

    The part of the article I found the most interesting was the
    discussion regarding the manufacture and issue of various trial
    pieces for New York following the Articles of Confederation's
    authorization to issue state coinage. In this section John discusses
    the deliberations of New York's State Assembly to either produce a
    native coin or to accept various other circulating coppers at
    differing exchange rates depending on the metalic worth of the issue.
    The article discusses how the later avenue was adopted and the
    ensuing problems with counterfeits and the Coppers Panic.

    As part of the deliberations for native coinage, John discusses the
    production and submisiion by Machin of The Eagle over Globe and the
    New York Arms coppers as trial pieces accounting for their existence
    and rarity. The epiphany in the article for me though was John's
    assertion that the George Clinton Cent was also submitted as a trial
    pattern.

    The Clinton cent is a coin that has always intrigued me. The coin
    itself is quite a rarity (maybe 8 to 10 in existence) . But Clinton
    himself is more intriguing. One of the most shadowy individuals of
    the founding fathers generation. He was New York's Govenour for about
    20 years as I recall, Vice President to Jefferson following Burr's
    exile, a clear political power broker whose main preoccupation
    appears to have been himself, his elite New York freinds and New York
    in that order...never the nation. Nevertheless, if John is right, I
    beleive he may be one of only two living Americans (besides
    Washingon) to ever have his visage proposed for an officially
    circulating coin.

    I had previously thought this was some sort of vanity piece Machin
    made Atlee produce to secure some benefit from Clinton. However,
    judging it as a serious trial pattern makes me consider how much
    power Clinton really did have, how widely respected he really was,
    and what influence he had over the State Assembly as Govenour.

    When I quit my day job, I have always wanted to do a serious piece on
    the Clinton cent, but in the meantime I was curios about the views of
    others.

    Roger



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  • 2002-08-10
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