The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 51, November 30, 2003, Article 5

CHALMERS COIN FOUND IN BALTIMORE

  A front-page article in the December 8 issue of COIN
  WORLD discusses Will Mumford's discovery of a
  Chalmers threepence coin in dirt excavated from a 1770
  home at 10 Cornhill Street in Baltimore, MD.

  "It was a one-man dig, and if I hadn't volunteered, all
  the excavated dirt would have gone to the dump.  I dug
  for three weeks and discovered a brick floor about a
  foot below the surface.  Below the bricks, I found about
  five inches of pure sand, then a mixture of sand and soil.
  Another six inches down, I hit clay bottom.  In this bottom
  layer, I started finding artifacts of the 18th century."

  Mumford found 22 coins in all, including a Connecticut
  Cent, a Virginia Halfpenny, and a William III halfpenny.

  "Local legend places the Chalmers mint at 10 Cornhill,
  but land records show only that Chalmers owned 14
  Cornhill just down the street."

  "For Mumford, "It has been the time of my life.  At age
  70, it has been my greatest adventure."

  [Who wouldn't want to time-travel back to a colonial-era
  mint?  Congratulations!   The above excerpts can't do
  justice to Eric von Klinger's great article - be sure to
  find and read the whole piece.  Adventure!  Suspense!
  Surprise!  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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