The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 3, January 18, 2004, Article 12

NEW JERSEY COINAGE BOOK PUBLISHED

  Gary A. Trudgen forwarded the following press release
  from the ANS:

  The American Numismatic Society is pleased to announce
  the publication of The Copper Coinage of the State of New
  Jersey: Annotated Manuscript of Damon G. Douglas, Edited
  by Gary A. Trudgen.  The book contains the original
  manuscript of researcher Damon G. Douglas on the early
  copper coinage of the state of New Jersey.  The original
  manuscript, which was written several decades ago, has
  been annotated by some of the leading specialists in this field
  [David D. Gladfelter, Roger A. Moore, MD, FAAP, Gary A.
  Trudgen, Dennis P. Wierzba, Raymond J. Williams.]  130p,
  3 illus., ISBN 0-89722-289-X.  The book is available through
  the ANS' distributor, David Brown Book Company,  Toll-free:
  800 791 9354, Tel: 860 945 9329, Fax: 860 945 9468, Email:
  david.brown.bk.co at snet.net.  Price $45; 30% discount to
  ANS members with valid ID.

  When the American Revolutionary War ended in 1783, there
  was no central mint to supply the newly independent states
  with coinage. In fact, nearly a decade passed before Congress
  formed the US Mint in 1792 and attempted to unify the
  growing nation's coin types. In the meantime, some of the states
  produced their own coins, under what were often primitive and
  difficult circumstances. Mute witnesses to our nation's
  beginnings, these coinages have not always received the proper
  study they deserve. A case in point are the copper coins minted
  by the State of New Jersey, some of the more interesting state
  coinages because of their design and the circumstances under
  which they were made.

  Decades ago, Damon G. Douglas began an extensive research
  project on the history of the New Jersey state coins. This
  important project was never completed, but Douglas' unfinished
  manuscript was acquired by the American Numismatic Society
  where it has been one of the more frequently consulted items
  on early state coinages in the library collection.  In the interest
  of making Douglas' work more widely available, the American
  Numismatic Society publishes this valuable study for the first
  time....

  For further information contact: Pamala Plummer-Wright at
  212-234-3130 x 231, or by email: wright at numismatics.org

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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