The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 10, March 6, 2005, Article 4

COLONIAL NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED

CNL Editor Gary Trudgen, writes: "The April 2005 issue of
The Colonial Newsletter (CNL) has been published. This
issue begins by reprinting a review that was published in The
British Numismatic Journal concerning Dr. Brian Danforth's
recent paper in CNL on the St. Patrick coinage. The reviewer,
Harrington Manville, agrees with Brian's historical analysis of
when and by whom the St. Patrick coppers were struck but
disagrees with his claim that they were struck with a collar that
marked the edges during striking. The reviewer also takes
exception to references that the gold and silver pieces were
intended for circulation. Brian responded to the review with
a paper titled "St. Patrick Coinage Revisited." This paper
follows the review and presents in-depth counter arguments to
Manville's assertions. It all makes for very fascinating reading
as we begin to understand this enigmatic coinage which was
imported into early New Jersey and played a role in our
colonial monetary system.

Next is a paper updating the known varieties of Virginia halfpence.
It is authored by three enthusiasts of the series: Dr. Roger A.
Moore, Alan Anthony, and Eric P. Newman. Approximately five
decades ago, Eric researched and authored the standard reference
on Virginia halfpence. His work was so complete that little has
been written since on the series. A few new Virginia halfpenny
dies have been discovered, however, since Eric's work. This
paper reports on these new discoveries and provides a new die
interlock chart of all the known varieties today.

In CNL-108, the August 1998 issue, Dr. Philip Mossman
provided the most comprehensive study of the Stepney Hoard
to date. His study wasn't the final word, however, on this
subject and the debate continues. Our last paper in this
issue discusses this subject again. Authored by associate
editor Dr. John Kleeberg, his paper publishes several
interesting posts from the Internet with added commentary.
Following the posts, John provides a comparanda of other
copper coin hoards and then presents an interesting method
of determining the number of varieties in a coinage based
upon those found in a hoard. John ends the paper by studying
the weight of the coins found in the Stepney Hoard in an
effort to determine if it was a savings or emergency hoard.

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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