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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 17, April 22, 2001, Article 6 LOUIS JORDAN'S JOHN HULL RESEARCH Paul Hybert reports that a web page containing the results of Louis Jordan's research on John Hull (as discussed in his recent Chicago Coin Club talk) is now available. The title of the work is "Studies on John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage" From the page summary: "The following studies are grouped by topics into four parts. Part one focuses on the Hull and Sanderson homesteads and the exact location of the mint. It begins with a discussion of the Hull family and homestead and continues with an investigation of Hull's shop and its relationship to the mint, followed by a brief study on the Sanderson homestead. The section continues with a discussion, transcription and commentary on the mint and goldsmith shop entries in the surviving portion of John Hull's personal ledger and then concludes with a brief notice on the various Massachusetts Bay colonists named John Hull. Part two concerns production related issues at the mint. The length of time taken to process mint orders is addressed in an examination of turn around time at the mint as reflected in the orders found in the Hull ledger. This is followed by a discussion of the role Hull and Sanderson may have played in coinage production and continued with an investigation of other individuals that have been mentioned in connection with the mint. Part three deals with the economics of the mint beginning with an analysis of coin weight and minting fees as calculated from the information in Hull's ledger and continues with an explanation of the relationship between the value of British and Massachusetts silver. Part four deals with the history and importance of the eight reales cob coinage. This section begins with the significance of eight reales in Massachusetts Bay followed by a discussion of the origin and intrinsic value of the eight reales. There is also a history of the value and use of Spanish silver coinage in England and a related study on Spanish silver coinage in Massachusetts Bay." http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/MAMintDocs.studies.html

Wayne Homren, Editor

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