The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 30, July 21, 2002, Article 5

COLONIAL NEWSLETTER #120 PUBLISHED

  Gary Trudgen, CNL Editor writes: "The August 2002 issue
  of  The Colonial Newsletter has been published.  This issue
  includes a tutorial on information that can be gained by
  weighing copper coins, a report on the recently discovered
  Massachusetts silver overstrike and a write-up on a new
  colonial coin type.

  Dr. Charles Smith has written a tutorial on the types of
  information that can be obtained by weighing a copper coin.
  Included are guidelines for obtaining valid weight comparison
  analyses for a population of several coins.  Weight loss due to
  circulation wear and chemical reactions on the coin's surface
  are also discussed.

  Michael Hodder reports on his discovery of a Massachusetts
  Willow Tree shilling overstruck on a New England shilling.
  It is the only known specimen of one Massachusetts silver type
  overstruck on a different Massachusetts silver type.  The coin is
  even more amazing because the reverse die and punch of the
  overstrike and host coins are new.  In keeping with Sydney P.
  Noe's die and punch labeling scheme, the new Willow Tree
  shilling is known as Noe 3-F and the New England shilling is
  labeled Noe I-E.

  Syd Martin and Mike Ringo describe a new colonial coin type
  which mules the obverse die of the Georgivs Triumpho token
  with the reverse die of a counterfeit Danish West Indies XXIIII
  skilling.  Two specimens are currently known with extensive
  circulation wear.  They probably passed as coppers valued
  at an English halfpenny because there is no evidence of silvering
  on either specimen.

  The Colonial Newsletter is published three times a year, April,
  August and December, by the American Numismatic Society.
  For subscription inquires please contact Juliette Pelletier via
  e-mail at pelletier@amnumsoc.org or visit The Colonial
  Newsletter web page at www.amnumsoc.org/cnl/.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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