The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 51, November 30, 2003, Article 6

1688 MINT DOCUMENT OFFERED IN HOLABIRD SALE

  Lot 528 in the December 11, 2003 sale of Holabird
  Associates is an early document related to the establishment
  of a mint in the American colonies.  From the catalog:

  "U. S. Mint Related Document from the American Colonies to
  the King of England, June, 1688. Includes the first proposal
  for the construction of a Mint on American soil. Series of three
  documents from the Edmund Andros Estate regarding a
  Proposal to His Majesty offered by the petitioners and their
  associates unto the committee appointed by His Majesty.
  These four documents trace one of the first, if not the first,
  proposal to the King for mineral rights in the American
  Colonies. The four documents are dated June to August, 1688.
  Edmund Andros was Governor of New York 1674-1681 and
  Governor of the American Colonies 1686-1689. "

  See the online catalog for more information:
  http://www.holabird.org/

  The sale also includes a Carson City mint reverse die.
  (Half Dollar Reverse Die, c.1870-78, lot 623)

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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