The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 28, July 13, 2003, Article 9

AUGUST 2003 COLONIAL NEWSLETTER

  Gary Trudgen writes: "The August 2003 issue of The Colonial
  Newsletter (CNL) has been published.   This issue consists of
  two feature-length papers and one technical note.

  The historical context of "Hogge Money" is studied in the
  first paper written by Dr. Louis Jordan.  This coinage was the
  first to be struck for the English colonies in America, specifically
  Bermuda which was also known as the Somer Islands.  Hogge
  money is known in four denominations: shilling, sixpence,
  threepence, and twopence.  Struck on lightly silvered copper
  planchets, the obverse depicts a hog with the legend SOMMER
  ISLANDS.  The reverse shows a fully rigged ship.

  The second paper investigates the Maris plates of New Jersey
  coppers.   Authored by Dr. Roger Moore and Dennis Wierzba
  they document the three known zinc plates, explaining the
  differences between them and their sequence of issue.  Dr.
  Maris, the father of the New Jersey copper series, assembled
  zinc plates in the 1800s containing actual coins, electrotypes
  of coin and possible photographs of individual coins.  He used
  the plates to record the known die varieties and their marriages.

  A technical note from Leo Shane presents evidence that a St.
  Patrick farthing was stuck with a segmented collar. This
  discovery is significant because in the December 2002 issue
  of CNL Dr. Brian Danforth concluded that the St. Patrick
  coinage was manufactured by Peter Blondeau using his newly
  invented one-step single collar technology.

  CNL is published three times a year by The American
  Numismatic Society, Broadway at 155th Street, New York,
  NY 10032.  For inquires concerning CNL, please contact
  Juliette Pelletier at the preceding postal address or e-mail
  pelletier at amnumsoc.org or telephone (212) 234-3130
  ext. 243."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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