The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 30, July 25, 2004, Article 13

COLONIAL NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED

  Editor Gary Trudgen forwarded a release about the latest
  issue of  The Colonial Newsletter.  Here are some excerpts:

  The August/December 2004 issue of The Colonial Newsletter
  (CNL) has been published.  This issue is 128 pages in length
  and consists of a feature paper, a technical note and a letter
  to the editor.  The length of the feature paper made it necessary
  to publish a combined or double issue.  The next CNL issue will
  appear in April 2005.

  The feature paper, authored by Dr. Louis Jordan, studies the
  Lord Baltimore coinage and money in early Maryland.  His
  paper is meticulously researched and well written.  Lou explained
  his thinking and what he tried to accomplish when he undertook
  this research project. In part, Lou says:

  "To answer the question as to why the coinage was produced I
  needed to investigate three general topics, namely: how daily
  exchanges were conducted in the period before the coinage was
  proposed, the circumstances surrounding the production, issuing
  and usage of the coinage and finally, how daily exchanges were
  conducted in the decades after minting ceased, when Baltimore
  silver disappeared from circulation."

  "The Technical Note by Byron Weston and Clem Shettino
  presents another new discovery in the 1785-dated series of
  counterfeit halfpence.  A new die variety has been found which
  combines two previously known dies in the series and is labeled
  Newman 51-85A.  Currently three obverse and four reverse
  dies are known.  A chart is presented illustrating the known die
  pairings and highlighting the new discoveries since Eric Newman
  cataloged the series in 1988.  Also, based on die break evidence,
  striking sequence is discussed and the potential for new
  discoveries within the series is considered.

  Finally, a Letter to the Editor from Dr. Roger Moore is published
  concerning the pre-Federal errors paper authored by Dr. Philip
  Mossman which appeared in our last issue.  Dr. Moore praises
  the paper for its complete analysis of the entire minting process.
  He continues by observing that New Jersey coppers seem to be
  found with fewer minting errors than the other coinages of the
  era.   He also provides photos of two examples of New Jersey
  error coins that he has found, one being a triple error specimen.

  CNL is published three times a year by The American
  Numismatic Society, 96 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038.
  For inquires concerning CNL, please contact Juliette Pelletier
  at the preceding postal address or e-mail pelletier at amnumsoc.org
  or telephone (212) 571-4470 ext. 1311."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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