The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 16, April 20, 2003, Article 3

ANS GROVES FORUM / COAC 2003

  The American Numismatic Society has issued press releases
  for the upcoming Groves Forum and Coinage of the Americas
  Conference 2003.   Please note: the Groves Forum and COAC
  are two separate events and must be signed up for separately.
  The Groves Forum is free of charge.  COAC is $25 per person
  (lunch will be served).  For further information or to RSVP,
  contact Juliette Pelletier at (212) 234-3130 ext. 230 or
  pelletier@amnumsoc.org.

  "Groves Forum - Friday May 16, 2003
   Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York

  Graham Dyer. "The Royal Mint and North Carolina, 1754."
  The paper will examine the response by the authorities in
  London, and particularly by  the officers of the Royal Mint,
  to a proposal in 1754 by the Governor of North Carolina
  for a coinage of copper halfpence, pence and twopences.
  An attempt will be made through contemporary documentation
  to place the response in the context of Mint attitudes towards
  the coinage of copper at that time, both for Great Britain and
  for Ireland.

  COAC - Saturday, May 17, 2003
  Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl St., New York

  David T. Alexander. "Hessian 'Blood Money': the History
  and the Myth." The paper will explore the legendary
  "bloodthalers," their Hanoverian context, and the strange
  career of Rudolph Erich Raspe in the era of the  Revolution.

  Brian J. Danforth. "New Interpretations on Irish Coppers in
  the American Colonies:  The St. Patrick, Wood's Hibernia
  and Voce Populi Series."   Based on original research
  conducted in Ireland, England and America, this paper
  presents a new perspective on selected Irish coppers that
  contributed to the circulating medium of colonial America.
  The highlights of the presentation shall include:  the minter
  and production sequence of St. Patrick coppers, the
  circulation of Wood's Hibernia coinage in Ireland and the
  American colonies, and the events surrounding the issuance
  of the Voce Populi series.

  Margi Hofer. "Recent Discoveries in the New York
  Historical Society." As a result of cataloguing in preparation
  for opening a new study center, displaying the vast majority
  of its permanent collections long held in storage, significant
  numismatic discoveries have come to light at the New York
  Historical Society.  This presentation will focus on two
  groups of exciting finds: five very early medals of the Society
  of the Cincinnati, and a pair of United States pattern quarters
  from 1792.

  John Kraljevich. "Annapolis Silver: The Coinage of John
  Chalmers."  This will cover the currency context into which
  the Chalmers coins were issued, including archaeological
  finds of coins in the Chesapeake Bay region and contemporary
  paper money.  It will examine the place of Annapolis in the
  nation in 1783, when it was our first peacetime capital,
  through a look at documents from Washington and Jefferson
  among others. Finally, it will include John Chalmer's
  biography and the specifics of the coins he issued.

  Syd Martin. "The `Georgius Triumpho'/Danish West Indies
  Mule." The paper will examine the two newly discovered
  Georgius Triumpho/DWI mules in terms of (a) their physical
  characteristics and (b) where and when they were produced.
  This examination will tie together a number of loose ends
  with respect to an important addition to American colonial
  issues.

  Kent Ponterio.  "The First Coinage of the New World:
  Coins of the Mexico City Mint Struck during the Reign of
  Charles and Johanna." The paper will analyze recent
  discoveries in the sequences of issues and their assayers,
  based upon hoard study and original documentation."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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