A toast to Eric P. Newman Public Deposited
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We read:
Along with counterfeits there were several "evasion issues" produced
in England and Ireland. These issues did not try to make exact
copies of coppers (usually halfpence), instead they only tried to
closely resemble regular issues. Usually the images would be the
same but the motto "Georgius III Rex" would be changed to "George
Rules", "Georgius III Pax", "Britain Rules" or the like. Sometimes
the portrait of the king would face in the wrong direction. Since
these coins were not exact copies of regal issues, the makers could
not be charged with counterfeiting under English law.
Some individuals turned to evasion pieces as early as the 1750's but
the majority were produced after counterfeiting coppers was made a
felony in 1771. Newman (pp. 151-153) has traced the history of
evasion coins and found they were not used in America. The idea that
evasion coppers were used in America was first posited by the German
coin dealer S.K. Hazfeld who came to Philadelphia in 1877 and
introduced evasion coppers to the American numismatic community. The
New Jersey specialist Edward Maris believed evasion coins were
indirectly referred to the July 14, 1781 document signed by John
Reed, the president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania
that is quoted above, which stated "Divers ill-disposed persons have
manufactured or imported into this State quantities of base metal,
in the similitude of British half-pence". Maris felt similitude
referred to evasion rather than counterfeit coppers. Clearly this is
a distinction Maris could easily make, but his error was in
supposing it was a distinction John Reed understood and was trying
to make. Rather it seems Reed simply used this term to refer to
counterfeit coppers as similar to the regal coins. Most later coin
dealers followed Hazfeld and Maris in describing evasion pieces as
having been used in America. Newman has explained no evasion copper
has ever been found in excavations at an American site nor has one
appeared in a colonial coin hoard. Recently, Philip Mossman has
concurred in this opinion stating: "there is no evidence that
evasive halfpence ever circulated in America nor is there any report
of such pieces being recovered in accumulations or hoards from the
colonial period." (Money of the American Colonies p. 123). In fact,
it would seem reasonable that counterfeiters, under fear of
prosecution, would want to send their products out of the country,
while there was no such incentive for the export of evasion issues.
In this article we read about Newman and an evasion never being
RECORDED? or is it FOUND? or is it ATTRIBUTED CORRECTLY? in a
colonial coin hoard. We do see confusion in the early days ... we do
have "A" record of an evasion from McLachlan's article but its
PROBABLY early 19th century but we are uncertain who formed this
12,000 coin hoard and when the hoard was first put together which
ended up at the Bank of Canada. Can we assume? their production
started in the late 18th century since a cast has never been found
in this series and with their high quality as compared to cast
pieces and hand cut die specimens of George II,III issues of British
counterfeits which proceeded from cast/struck to almost all struck
when moving forward in time during the 18th century ... we can? make
this assumption that evasives are very late 18th century products?
Someday ... someone will answer this question ... more fully ...
until then ... there is no evidence ... OK ... Phil ... I can live
with that remark ... for now.
By the way LJ ... never let the dates on the coins FOOL YA ...
1750's? Needs an edit? ... or are you going to save the day here and
now ...
John Lorenzo
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