The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 9, March 4, 2007, Article 8

APRIL 2007 COLONIAL NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED

The April 2007 issue of The Colonial Newsletter (CNL) has been
published. Editor Gary Trudgen writes: "This issue starts off on a
somber note with a tribute to renowned colonial coin specialist
Michael K. Ringo who died on January 28, 2007.  Next up is a correction
to the 1785 imitation halfpence die relationships plate that appeared
in the last issue.  A new discovery in the field of New Jersey coppers
follows and is reported by Roger Siboni.  A new variety, Maris 77-cc,
has recently come to light where two previously known dies, the fairly
common obverse 77 die is combined with the very rare reverse cc die.

"Rumors have circulated that the ANS made copies of the Maris Plate-I
photograph of New Jersey coppers for its members but no copies were known
to exist.  In the next paper, New Jersey copper specialists Roger A.
Moore and Raymond J. Williams take on the challenge of determining if
there is any truth to the rumors.  Fortunately, two large photographic
copies of the original Maris Plate-I photograph were recently obtained
at auction allowing the authors to substantiate the rumors.  They found
that it is likely that the ANS did produce copies in the mid-1950s from
an original Maris book that has resided in the ANS library since its
publication in 1881.

"Our final paper reports an extremely early American coin hoard that
until now has remained virtually unknown to numismatists.  Authored by
Louis Jordan, the first part of his paper investigates coinage and
exchange at a 1630s trading post located on Richmond Island, Maine.
In the second part, Lou documents a savings coin hoard that was unearthed
on the island in 1855 and is thought to be from the period of the
trading post based on the coins in the hoard.  All of the coins, 51
in total, were silver or gold and English in origin except for one
Scottish gold piece.  The Maine Historical Society now owns 29 of the
coins however the location of the remainder of the coins is currently
unknown.  Lou visited the society and photographed all of their hoard
coins which are plated at the end of the paper.

"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@amnumsoc.org or telephone (212) 571-4470 ext. 1311."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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