THE COLONIAL NEWSLETTER APRIL 2007 ISSUE PUBLISHED Público Deposited

Contenido del artículo
  • The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 9, March 2, 2008, Article 3

    THE COLONIAL NEWSLETTER APRIL 2007 ISSUE PUBLISHED

    [Gary Trudgen, editor of The Colonial newsletter published
    by the American Numismatic Society, forwarded the following
    announcement of the journal's latest issue. -Editor]

    The April 2008 issue of The Colonial Newsletter:
    A Research Journal in Early American Numismatics (CNL) has
    been published.

    First up in this issue is a Letter to the Editor from Byron
    Weston concerning Robert Bowser's recent paper titled
    "1748-dated Counterfeit British Halfpenny Source Identified."
    Byron, who is a longtime student of the counterfeit British
    copper coinages, praises Bob's research and explains how
    Bob's work has advanced our understanding of these coinages.

    Next we present a charming submission from Dr. Philip
    Mossman where he analyses a tidbit he found in a Confederation
    era newspaper concerning copper coin. Phil masterfully
    dissects the archaic text explaining the several coinage
    references and in the process makes this primary source
    monologue a useful reference for the numismatic researcher.

    Collectors of eighteenth century copper coins seem to be
    drawn, like moths to a flame, to crudely executed specimens.
    One of the crudest struck British halfpennies is the 1771-
    dated "Baby Head." Our next paper, authored by Byron K.
    Weston, is the first in-depth examination of this curious
    copper coin. Byron not only provides a catalogue where
    all known specimens are plated but he also reaches several
    new conclusions about this crude halfpenny based upon his
    examination of the catalogue specimens. Byron's conclusions
    regarding manufacture are exciting and well thought out
    and lead to interesting speculation concerning the
    provenance of this copper.

    Just the mention of a Brasher gold doubloon stirs the blood
    of most numismatists. At the heart of our feature paper are
    not one but two Brasher gold doubloons - a Lima style and a
    New York style. John M. Kleeberg, expertly reconstructs the
    remarkable gold coin hoard that was first unearthed in
    Philadelphia in 1872 from which both styles of Brasher
    doubloons were recovered. The New York style doubloon,
    however, went unnoticed in 1872 but was fortuitously
    discovered in dirt taken from the original site after it
    had been taken to a new location and used for fill. The
    Brasher doubloons are just part of the story as John analyses
    the reports of the discoveries in an effort to summarize the
    various types of gold coins present in the hoard. Finally,
    John explores the historical record in an attempt to determine
    who deposited the hoard, why they did so, and when it was
    most likely deposited. John's research is very well documented
    and he provides transcribed key primary source documents in
    an extensive appendices.

    CNL is published three times a year by The American Numismatic
    Society, 96 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038. For inquires
    concerning CNL, please contact Megan Fenselau at the preceding
    postal address or e-mail fenselau@amnumsoc.org or telephone
    (212) 571-4470 ext. 1311.

URL de origen Fecha de publicación
  • 2008-03-02
Volumen
  • 11

Relaciones

Autor NNP