Colonial Newsletter Index (2015)

2015·0.4 MB·English

by  American Numismatic Society

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The 1914 Exhibition of United States and
Colonial Coins Reprint 2077
Colonial Newsletter Memorandum of Agreement (ANS/CNL) 1661
Cumulative Index AMERICAN PLANTATIONS TOKENS
of JAMES II
1/24 Part Real of 1688. 224
Serial Nos. 1-159
Revised January 27, 2016 ANALYSIS
see also X-RAY ANALYSIS
Copyright © 2016 by Auction Appearances of
The American Numismatic Society, Inc. Massachusetts Coppers (TN-126) 1100
Experimental Die Analysis Chart
========================================== for the Connecticut Coppers 572, 594, 630
In Search of Reuben Harmon’s
Section No. 1
Vermont Mint and the Original
Mint Site (TN-172 ) 1657
Subject and Author
“Quantity Analysis” of Massachusetts
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Cents and Half Cents (TN-113) 1014, 1100
Late Date Analysis of the
Section 2 (Illustrations Index)
Fairfield Hoard (G-9) 1383
Starts on Page 53 The Usefulness of X-Ray Diffraction
in Numismatic Analysis. (TN-121) 1075
Section 3 (Conversion Chart) Weight Histograms of Fugio Cents and
Starts on Page 65 Virginia Halfpence 1053
The Appleton-Massachusetts
Historical Society Rhode Island
=================== A =================== Ship Token with Vlugtende - -
(Were There Three [or More]
Rhode Island Ship Tokens with
ABERCROMBY, _____________ Vlugtende on the Obverse?) 1128
Father-in-law of John Hinkley Mitchell. 419 X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy 1803
ADAMS, EDGAR H. ANNOTATED CNL
Numismatic researcher & collector; Our Next Decade 306
his notebooks at ANS. 255, 270 Annotated Betts, The
Address by Wyllys Betts, Esq.
ADAMS, EVA “Counterfeit Half Pence Current
ex-Director of the U.S.Mint 315, 319, 332 the American Colonies.”
April 1886. (17 pages + i) 747
ADAMS, JOHN W.
1693 Indian Peace Medal 1507 ANNOTATED HALFPENNY
Garrett Collection at The Adventures of a Halfpenny; Commonly
Johns Hopkins University (TN-40) 435 called a Birmingham Halfpenny,
Original Manuscript of “The or Counterfeit; as related by
Earliest New York Token” for itself. [ca. 1810] (G-11) 1715
Historical Magazine (May 1861) 736
“Professor” Daniel E. Groux (RF-54A) 441 ANDERSON, WILLIAM G.
Author of THE PRICE OF LIBERTY —
AFRICAN HEAD The Public Debt of the American
See also NEGRO HEAD 386, 701 Revolution. 593
ALBANY CHURCH PENNY ANTHONY, ALAN
Unknown “D” Albany Church Penny 5 New Virginia Halfpenny Discovered: N.15-W 2929
Comment on “D” Church Penny 6, 7, 8 Virginia Halfpence Variety Update with
Revised Die Interlock Chart 2797
AMERICAN MACHINIST MAGAZINE Virginia Halfpenny Counterfeits, Forgeries
“ Early Engineering Reminiscences and Facsimiles 3165
(1815-40) of
George Escol Sellers” 798, 1004, 1011
ANTON Jr., WILLIAM T.
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY Mark Newbie Home-Site (TN-128) 1111
CNL Donated to the American Numismatic Massachusetts Tradesman’s Token
Society (Press Release) 1660 W. WOART JUS PACIS
(TN-105) 915, 1022, 1456
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Modern Survey of the Copper Coinage Samuel and James F. Atlee,
of the State of New Jersey 488 Machin’s Mills Partners 1317
Two Coppers of Possible
American Origin (TN-86) 686 ATLEE HALFPENCE
Unique Hibernia Halfpenny Die Trial Atlee Halfpenny Vlack 5-74A: A New Discovery
Dated 1723 & 1724. (TN-34) 345 and its Relevance to a Detailed Analysis
Vermont Ryder 3 Struck Over of Vlack Obverse Dies 5 and 8 (TN-197)
1785 Connecticut African Head, by Jack L. Howes 3069-3078
(Miller 4.1-F.4 of 1785) (TN-87) 701 James Atlee’s Imitation British
Halfpence by Gary A. Trudgen 965
APPLETON, WILLIAM SUMNER New Atlee Halfpence (TN-108)
The Appleton-Massachusetts Vlack 13-88VTA — (Ryder 40) 959
Historical Society Rhode Island New James Atlee Imitation
Ship Token with Vlugtende. (TN-129) 1128 British Halfpence 23-87C (TN-118) 1030

ARNOLD, JACOB ATLEE, SAMUEL
Associate (?) of Walter Mould. 295 Brewmaster associated with the Machin’s
Mills group; father of
ASK the EDITORS James F. Atlee. 121, 122, 170, 867
AE-1 Inventory of Stepney Hoard Biography 867
1383, 1401, 1608 Samuel and James F. Atlee,
AE-2 Barnsley/CNL Connecticut Machin’s Mills Partners 1317
Collection. 1374
AE-3 Hessburg/ex-Dr. Hall AUCTORI PLEBIS TOKENS
Specimens 1372, 1374, 1401 54, 69, 128,476
AE-4 Connecticut 1783 “T” and “r”
Reverses 1372, 1375, & 162 AUCHMUTY, D.D., Rev. Samuel
AE-5 Connecticut Condition Rector (1764-1777) of
Census 1373, 1375 Trinity Parish Church 1155
AE-6 “Money Changers” 1373, 1376, 1402
AE-7 Die Orientation of London AUERBACH, MARK
Elephant Tokens 1402, 1403, 1608 A New and Interesting Example of
AE-8 Spanish Crowns with New Jersey 71-y Struck Over a
NE Countermarks 1403, 1404, 1408 Machin’s Mills Counterfeit British
AE-9 Ephraim Brasher’s Halfpence (TN-135) 1188
EB Counterstamp 1408
AE-10 Gleanings from the AUSTIN, DAVID
Quebec Gazette 1409, 1469, 1470 Served on the inspection team of the
AE-11 Farthings in America 1409, 1470, 1608 Connecticut “Company for
AE-12 Edges on the Washington Coining Coppers”. 412
“Born Virginia” tokens 1410, 1471 The Hawley-Moore Connecticut Coppers
AE-13 The Washington “SUCCESS” Inspection Certificate (May 9, 1787)
Token 1472 (TN-39) 412-415
AE-14 Dollar Signs ($) on the shields
of the Connecticut AUTHORIZED WEIGHTS
Coppers 1474, 1604 Authorized Weights of Early American
AE-15 The Mendes Cohen Hoard of Coppers; Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Virginia Halfpence 1609 New Jersey and Mint Issue
AE-16 Beware of Counterfeits 2336 Large Cents. 8
Additions to — New Hampshire and
ATLEE, JAMES F. Virginia 17
See also ATLEE HALFPENCE
Biography of James Atlee 866
18th Century diesinker associated with =============== B ================
Connecticut, Vermont and
Machin’s Mills coinages. 120, 122, 170,
256, 272, 284, 370 “BABY HEAD” COUNTERFEIT HALFPENCE
400, 421, 499, 866 Another Example of the “Baby Head”
Dies by Atlee 876-881 Counterfeit Halfpenny (TN-86A) 1759
The “New York” IMMUNIS: Two Coppers of Possible
A Mystery Unraveled., 667 American Origin (TN-86) 686, 1759
The 1787 “New York” Immunis Columbia,
A Mystery Re-Ravelled 1204 BAILEY, JOHN
Problem With James. F. Atlee (RF-48A) 536 A cutler and brassfounder of New York
believed to have cut
3
New Jersey dies. 121, 155, 156, BANKING in EARLY AMERICA
169, 256, 499, 1153 “Money Changers” (AE-6) 1373, 1376
John Bailey, New York City Coiner
by Gary A. Trudgen 1153-1185 BAR CENT
Coinages of John Bailey 1164 New Bar Cent Copy? (RF-68) 1635, 1687
Land Conveyances in New York County 1180 The 1777 Bar Cent (RF-68A) 1687
Last Will and Testament 1184 BARBER, ANN
New York Packet Affidavit (TN-133) 1187 An associate (?) of Goadsby & Cox
Nova Eborac Coppers of the Rahway, New Jersey mint. 296
by Gary A. Trudgen 1261
Shop “across from BARBER, Colonel FRANCIS
the Merchants Coffee House” (TN-134) 1187 Married to Nancy Ogden, sister of
Swords fabricated by John Bailey 1177 Matthias Ogden, and lived across Reid
Valuation of estate 1185 Street. Nancy may be the Ann Barber
listed above. 494
BAKER Matthias Ogden - New Jersey
(See also WASHINGTON PIECES) State Coiner by Gary A. Trudgen 1032
Baker 33 16
Baker 24 16 BARBER, JOHN WARNER (1798-1885)
Baker 288 16 Author of Connecticut Historical
Collections (New Haven, 1836) 353-354
BALDWIN, ABRAHAM
Member of Congressional Committee BARDES, HERBERT C.
concerning request for extension of North Carolina Brass (RF-55B) 534
Fugio contract. 286
BARNS, SCOTT D.
BALL, DOUGLAS A New Jersey WHAT’SIT? (TN-102A)
Edict of the King — 1767 Additional Information on 910, 918, 1394
COLONIES FRANÇOISES Copper Sous
for the American Colonies. 733 BARNSLEY COLLECTION
Barnsley/CNL Connecticut
BALTIMORE, LORD Collection. (AE-2) 1372, 1374
See also CALVERT Memorandum of Agreement (ANS/CNL) 1661
Cecil Calvert’s Coinage
for Maryland; A Study BARNSLEY, EDWARD R.
in History & Law (TN-152) 1360 Additions and Deletions to
Lord Balitmore Coinage and Daily Exchange Miller-Ryder. 7
in Early Maryland 2651 Authorized Weights. 9
What Happened to Abel Buell’s Sons
Lord Baltimore? (RF-61) 610, 625 (RF-37A) 369, 444, 1151, 1389
Biennial Pairings of Connecticut
BALTIMORE TOKEN Obverses. 206
North Carolina Brass (RF-55) 483, 534 Biennial Pairing Puzzle (TN-31) 335, 406
Bizarre Lettering on the Connecticut
“BANANA NOSE” COUNTERFEIT HALFPENCE Coppers. 356
The Newest–and Rarest–Counterfeit Connecticut Coppers vs
Halfpence Family: The “Banana Connecticut Cents (RF-43C) 416, 456
Nose” Coppers 3857 Corrigenda Millerensis 337
Die Combinations (1972)
BANK OF NORTH AMERICA Numerical Sequence by Obverse 341
French Treasure Caravan, The (G-10) 1612, 1616 Numerical Sequence by Reverse 341
by Gary A. Trudgen Die Interlock Charts (1964)
Year 1785 105
Excerpts on Benjamin Dudley Year 1786 105
from Ray Williamson’s Source Year 1787 106
Book (TN-156) 1363, 1427 Year 1788 107
Machin’s Mills 107
BANK OF NEW YORK Vermont 108
New York’s First Bank — Founded in Die Interlock Chart (1974) 449
1784 by Alexander Hamilton. “Draped Bust” Mailed? , (TN-53) 484
Fugio Hoard (RF-3) 194 First American Coin Collector,
What’s New with the Bank of Pierre Eugene Du Simitere. (TN-106) 916
New York Fugio Hoard? (TN-181) 1767 Foreign Undertypes of Overstruck
Coppers 61
Francis Hopkins & Seven Devices
4
With Mottoes (TN-9) 166, 220 BAILEY, JOHN
Gilfoil’s Coppers (TN-111C) John Bailey, New York City Coiner 1151
Comments on 1019 New York Packet Affidavit (TN-133) 1187
Groux, Daniel. E. , The Numismatic
Writings of (RF-54) 435, 441, 535 BATHE, GREVILLE and DOROTHY
Hall’s “Later Notes” on Authors of Jacob Perkins
Connecticuts (RF-28) 36, 281 (Philadelphia Historical Society
Discovery of in Connecticut of Pennsylvania), (1943)
State Library. 850 The standard reference, today,
Humdinger - 1787 Conn. 28-n 49-50 on Jacob Perkins. 1004
Importation of Halfpence & Farthings
on the Unicorn (G-3A) 609 BAYLEY, SIMEON A.
Interlocked Dies of Connecticut Silversmithing partner with
Coppers 449-451 Daniel Van Voorhis in New York, 1784 121
Late Date Analysis of the
Fairfield Hoard (G-9) 1383 BEAUDREAU, A. R.
Machin’s Mills Halfpence Interlocked Observations on Massachusetts Cents
with Connecticut Coppers 107 and Ryder 15-M of 1788. 2
Miller, [Henry Clay ] Collector &
Author of The State Coinage of BEERS, ISSAC
Connecticut. 243 Served on the inspection team of the
Miller’s Connecticut Listings “Company for Coining Coppers”;
Updated 76-108 neighbor of Abel Buell
Corrections to 110 in 1791. 127, 412
More Anent TN-31 (Biennial Pairing The Hawley-Moore Connecticut
Puzzle) 406 Coppers Inspection Certificate
New 1787 Connecticut of May 9, 1787 (TN-39) 412-415
Obverse 33.46 [33.46-Z.21] 43
New 1787 Connecticut Reverse G.2 214 BELKNAP, Capt. ISAAC
New 1787 Connecticut Reverse Z.25 Capt. of the Sloop “Newburgh” reported
[Variety 33.29-Z.25] 32 to have carried old Machin’s Mills
New Fugio Reverse KK 38 coinage press as ballast. 400
New Listing of Connecticut Coppers
Available. (1961) 11 BELLS & BELL FOUNDRIES
Nicknamed Connecticuts 383 John Bailey, New York City Coiner 1153
Novas, Connecticuts struck over. 72, 131 Brass bell manufactured by
Obituary 1093 John Bailey, 1794 1167
Oldest Illustration of a
Connecticut Copper. 75 BELLOWS, WILLIAM K.
Problem With James. F. Atlee (The) (RF-48A) 536 Philadelphia printer who in 1881 printed
Reverse XX of 1787 Dr. Maris’ book and photographic plate
Description of (TN-69) 593 on New Jersey coppers 496
Revised Checklist of Varieties and
Combinations (1974) 99 BERMUDA (SOMMER ISLANDS)
Revised Table of Types (1964) 97 Bermuda’s Copper of 1793: Revisiting
Reworked Connecticut Dies 132 Pridmore’s Classification System
Second Oldest Illustration of a by Mark Sportack 2255
Connecticut Copper. 96 Bermuda - reprint from CCJ 140
Third Oldest Illustration of a Hog Money of the Sommer Islands
Connecticut Copper. 104 Reprint from AJN 137
Vermont Dies Interlocked with Juan Bermudas and a Ship
Connecticut Coppers. 108 Named Bermudas (RF-2) 66, 136
Was Connecticut 101-G.2 First Sommer Islands Twenty Shilling
Illustrated in 1860? (TN-51) 479 Gold Piece (RF-25) 255
Z Reverses of the 1787 Connecticut Somer Islands “Hogge Money” of 1616:
Series. 147, 151 The Historical Context 2465
The Somers Isles Hogge Money: A Theory
BARTLET, ___________ About Their Mysterious Origin 3435
Presented Samuel Curwen with the Weights of the
Nova Constellatio Pattern “Five”. 400 Sommer Islands Coins (TN-72) 612
Pattern “Five” Appears (RF-49) 702
BERMUDEZ, JUAN DE
BASE METAL Discoverer of Bermuda in 1515 66, 136
Composition of? (RF-57) 419, 485
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BERRY, PAUL S.
The DK Token - Revisited 3065 BLACKSMITH TOKENS
See CANADIAN BLACKSMITH TOKENS
BETTS, C. WYLLYS
Mid-19th century numismatic researcher, BLANC GUENAR (French)
collector, writer and occasional Newly Rediscovered
counterfeiter. Author of Colonial What’sit (TN-183) 1891
American Colonial History Illustrated
by Contemporary Medals. BLAST FURNACE
63, 212, 237, 250, 747 Fourteenth century innovation for
Address by Wyllys Betts, Esq. ironmaking. 1136
Counterfeit Half Pence Current in the
American Colonies. - April 1886. BLOODY MASSACRE - King Street,
(17 pages + i) 747 Boston (Paul Revere) [Illustration] 1753
Novum Belgium ( dated 1623) 63
Unlisted Betts Muling (RF-67) 1634 BLOOMERY
The earliest ironmaking process 1136
BETWEEN THE PAGES
BP-1 Dickeson with Friend. 885 BOOK REVIEWS
BP-2 John M. Richardson - 82nd See also NEW LITERATURE
birthday, with photograph. 901 Indian Peace medals -or- His Majesties
BP-3 The Search for Crosby the Man 982 Sometimes Allies
by John W. Adams 2033
BIANCAROSA, JIM
This Orphan Needs a Home: BOLEN, JOHN ADAMS
GEORIUVS. III . VTS / BRITI 4191 Produced copies of numerous Colonial
Wood 33: A Response to the Rejoinder 4249 American Coins. 251
BIDDLE, JOSEPH BONDS
A Forgotten New Jersey Colonial United States Loan-Office Bond (1790)
Coinage Proposal 1275 Illustration 730
BIFURCATION BONJOUR, ROY E.
New Jersey 1788 MARIS 67-v 18, 19, Survey Update Vermont
20, 34 Ryder 15 and Ryder 30 (TN-107) 919
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BOREL, CHARLES
Chard, Jack 1143 Proposed to produce a coinage for
Gladfelter, David D. 1279 Carolina. 399, 419
Mossman, Dr. Philip L 1023
Trudgen, Gary A. 1294 BOISVERT, PETER
A Blank Planchet (TN-145) 1302, 1369, 1395
BIRCH, THOMAS Memoir of Jacob Perkins (G-5) 1002
An engraver of Philadelphia who worked in
an unofficial capacity for the BOSTON HALF PENY
First United States Mint. 312 A Boston Half Peny (TN-84) 685, 704
BIRD, SAMUEL, Jr. BOTETOURT MEDAL
An associate of Abel Buell in First Collegiate Medal Issued in
Privateering enterprises. 443 America (RF-62) 653, 657, 680, 689, 693
BISHOP, SAMUEL BOUDINOT, ELIAS Jr.
One of the original petitioners of the Partner with John Cleve Symmes and
Connecticut “Company for Jonathan Dayton in exploitation of land
Coining Coppers”. 263 between the two Miami Rivers in Ohio.
The third Director of the United States
BIXLER, MERLE E. Mint, 1795-1805. 125, 305
Laminated or Plated Flans (TN-47) 458
Purity of Lead (TN-34A) 443 BOULTON, MATTHEW
History of St. Patrick (Mark Newby) Owner and operator of Soho Mint in
Half-Pence & Farthings. (TN-20B) 441 Birmingham, England. 276
Late 18th-Century Coinage Dies:
BLACK DOGGS The Metallurgical Processes
Observations on Involved. “The English Experience”
Black Doggs (TN-22) 299 by Jack Chard 1141
6
Matthew Boulton, Breen’s “Tory Coppers” (TN-177)
Philip Parry Price Myddelton and the by Gary A. Trudgen 1600
Proposed Token Coinage for Kentucky 1991 Center Dots on the Reverse of New Jersey
Coppers (TN-56A) 566
BOWERS, Q. DAVID Constellatio Nova (TN-46) 453
Congratulations on your 100th Issue 1587 Counterfeit “Peices of brass and
Further Remarks on the Stepney Hoard 1836 Tin”, Regarding (RF-44) 417
H.N.Rust & S.S.Crosby (TN-21) 299 Early Breen 1521
First Crowned Rose Pattern for the
BOWSER, ROBERT ROSA AMERICANA Coinages (TN-15) 267
1748-dated Counterfeit British Halfpenny First Paper Money Issued
Source Identified 3207 in Ohio, Comment on (G-4A) 609
Ogle Eye: A Family of British Counterfeit On The Discovery of Crosby’s
Halfpence 4177 “Missing Letter” on the Closing of
Letter to the Editor 3376 the Massachusetts Mint. (TN-58A) 586
On the Eckfeldt Process at the
BOWMAN NUMISMATIC RESEARCH AWARD First United States Mint (G-1B) 543, 571
Awarded to Dr. Philip Mossman 2780 An Outstanding Collection of
Awarded to Louis E. Jordan 3190 Connecticut Coppers (TN-45)
[These coins were later sold during the
“BOYISH GEORGE” COUNTERFEIT HALFPENCE EAC/Pine Tree Auction of
“Boyish George”: A Family of Counterfeit Feb. 15,1975] 446
Halfpence 3865 Fugio 19-SS 7
Mark Newbie Halfpence, Comment on
BRADLEY, PHIENEAS Time of Manufacture (TN-20A) 333
An associate of Abel Buell in Metal Called “TUTANAIGNE” (TN-93) 732
Privateering enterprises. 443 More on Early Usage of the
Horse Head Design (TN-68A) 627
BRASHER, EPHRAIM More on H. N. RUST Research (RF-21I) 569
Ephraim Brasher’s Metallic Composition of the
EB Counterstamp (AE-9) 1408 Continental Currency (TN-1) 146
Gold and silversmith at 77 Queens Mintage Figures for
Street in New York, 1787. Partner New Jersey Coinage 295
with John Bailey 122, 157, 1153 Mints; NJ Variety Breakdown by 255, 501
Coroner, City of NY (Note 28) 1175 “New York” IMMUNIS:
John Bailey, New York City Coiner 1153 A Mystery Unraveled., The 667
Neglected Colonials, Some 160
BRASHER, ABRAHAM New Jersey Maris 12-G in AU
Goldsmith and jeweler at 1 Cherry Street condition 131
in New York. His “Spanish Doubloons” Overstrikes, Colonial 71
are suspect as Questionable Coinage of Machin’s Mills,
forgeries. 155, 157, 168, 499 Regarding (RF-46), 421
St. Patrick Halfpence & Farthings,
BRASHER DOUBLOON Circulation in America 214, 220, 233
The Yale University Six Connecticut Mints? (TN-48) 459
Brasher Doubloon. (G-7) 753 Connecticut Shilling (RF-17) 162
Speculations on the
BRASS New England Stiver (TN-54) 533, 592, 612
Another Illustration that Weights of the
Crime Doesn’t Pay (TN-78) 664 Sommer Islands Coins (TN-72) 612
Counterfeit “Peices of brass and What Were the Coppers Brought Over
Tin” (RF-44) 398, 417 by the Quakers in 1682? (G-3B) 610
“New Haven” Fugio “Brass Dies” Who are Portrayed on the
(RF-32) 298 Voce Populi Coppers? (TN-71) 606
Use of “Brass Disks” Why Were Early American Halfpence
in Early America (TN-79) 664 Called Coppers? (or Cents?),
(RF-43A), Comment on 416
BROADSIDES
1764 Broadside Located Covering BRESSETT, KENNETH
Circulation of English Halfpence and Bifurcation example 34
Farthings in New England Hibernia-Voce Populi Coinage
by Eric P. Newman 1531 of 1760 1, 6
“Old Tenor into Lawful Money 1533 Letter to Editor regarding first issue
of The Colonial Newsletter 6
BREEN, WALTER H. Research Unmasks an Altered
7
Vermont Note (TN-52B) 1570 Broome, Platt & Brush, from which he
Second Thoughts on the Quantities of withdrew in 1784. 262
Small Pine Tree Shillings (TN-75A) 662
Third Six Over Twelve Specimen (TN-23) 300 BRYANT, NORMAN
One of the original Patrons of
BRIDGEN, EDWARD The Colonial Newsletter;
Letter from Ben Franklin on a Copper 20th century collector and researcher
Coinage for the United States 144 on the Connecticut Coppers.
Dick Picker’s “Box of Stuff” and
BRIDGES’ TAVERN Bryant’s Desire to Update “Miller” 905
Early American Coins Recovered The New Haven Mint 613-621
from the John Bridges’
Tavern Site BUCKLEY, RICHARD F.
by Gary A. Trudgen 1534 A Getz/Birch What’sit? (TN-26) 312
BRIOT, NICHOLAS BUELL, ABEL (1742-1822)
Diesinker at the Tower Mint, London 215 Diesinker and coiner of the Connecticut
Coppers and Fugio Cents of 1787. Sons
BROADSIDES Benjamin & William by his first wife, Mary.
“Old Tenor into Lawful Money 1533 120, 170, 195, 277, 287, 298,
“BROKEN A” puncheon 352, 353, 368, 369, 423, 443,
On 1787 Vermont Ryder 12 1212 444 , 473, 499,
On 1787 Immunis Columbia 1212 1151, 1590
On 1787 Connecticut 1.1-A 1212 Abel Buell, Our American Genius
Part I - Introduction 352
BROOKS, DAVID Part II - The Diesinker of 1786 424
An associate of the Did Abel Buell Actually Have a Son
Machin’s Mills group. 286 Named William?
Biography 866 (RF-37) 369, 444, 473, 1151, 1389
David Brooks - Machin’s Mills Partner Promissory Note signed by Abel Buell 1590
by Gary A. Trudgen 1080
BUELL, ALLETTA (DEVOE)
BROOKS, JAMES GORDON Second wife of Abel Buell, daughters Debra
Most prominent son of David and Maria Brooks and Mary, son William (?).
David Brooks - Machin’s Mills Partner
by Gary A. Trudgen 1086 BUELL, BENJAMIN
Son of Abel Buell reportedly left in charge
BROOKS, MARIA of the New Haven mint
Wife of David Brooks 1080 in 1789. 923, 924, 1151, 1389
BROOME & PLATT BUELL, MARY (CHITTENDEN)
The Broome & Platt Safe 621 First wife of Abel Buell, mother of
Benjamin & William Buell. 120
BROOME, SAMUEL
Believed to have operated a Connecticut BUELL, WILLIAM
Mint at New Haven. & Father-in-law Son of Abel Buell, believed to have cut
of James Jarvis. 128, 277, 237, 443 some Connecticut and Vermont
“House” Owned by Samuel Broome dies. 120, 277, 369, 444, 499
1784 to 1795 621 Did Abel Buell Actually Have a
“Plan of the House and Land” 620 Son Named William? (RF-37) 369, 444,
The New Haven Mint 473, 1151, 1389
by Norman Bryant 614
Samuel Broome to Alexander BUELL, REBECCA (PARKMAN)
Hamilton re: James Jarvis (TN-141) 1293 Third wife of Abel Buell, sons Henry and
Abel, Jr., daughter Rebecca. no ref.
BROOME, AMELIA
First wife of James Jarvis. 262 BUELL, SALLY
Fourth wife of Abel Buell. [No children.] no ref.
BRUCE, DAVID
A Paper Presented by BULLET HOLES [in coins.]
F. George Markham; March 9th, 1894 1151 Bullet Holes (TN-67) 590, 612
BRUSH, ELIPALET BUNGTOWNS
The Brush of the original firm of Bungtown Bonanza! The Discovery—
and Rediscovery—of an Extremely Rare
8
Connecticut Copper 4321 CARR, ROBERTA
What Are Bungtowns? (RF-34) 289 Owns antiquarian bookshop in Concord,
New Hampshire where S. S. Crosby’s
BURR, AARON personal copy of “Early Coins of
Matthias Ogden - New Jersey America” was discovered by
State Coiner by Gary A. Trudgen 1032, 1035 Robert Wester.
The Search for Crosby the Man
BUSHNELL, CHARLES I. by Robert Wester 983, 995
Mid-19th century numismatic researcher
and collector. 234, 248, 277, 279, CASEy, JULIA H.
257, 355, 399, 401, 499 Hulseman, the Counterfeiter: The Dies of
Benjamin True in the Canadian
BUTTERY, T. V. Blascksmith Token Series 4300
Connecticut Cent Varieties in the
Yale Collection 44
CAST COUNTERFEITS
BUZZERS - See Humdingers & Buzzers Cast Counterfeit Coppers in 1775
Early America by Charles W. Smith
and Philip L. Mossman
=============== C ================
CAST IRON (or PIG IRON)
Late 18th-Century Coinage Dies:
CALLENDER, JOSEPH The Metallurgical Processes
A diesinker of Boston who with Involved (TN-130 by Jack Chard 1136
Jacob Perkins manufactured dies CENT
for the Massachusetts copper First American Cent 195
coinage. 15, 499, 1006 Massachusetts Cents 1001
Memoir of Jacob Perkins 1002 Origin of Word CENT (TN-27) 313, 331
“Quantity Analysis” of Massachusetts Connecticut Coppers vs
Cents and Half Cents. 1014 Connecticut Cents 416, 456
Why Were Early American Halfpence
CALVERT, CECIL Called Coppers?
Cecil Calvert’s Coinage (or Cents?) (RF-43) 398, 416, 471
for Maryland; A Study 456, 457
in History & Law (TN-152) 1360 CENTER DOTS
Lord Balitmore Coinage and Daily Exchange Center Dots on
in Early Maryland 2651 New Jersey coppers? 538, 566, 624
CANADIAN BLACKSMITH TOKENS CHAPMAN, S.H. & H.
Blacksmith Copper Metrology 4199 Mid-19th century coin dealers. 260, 269
Comments on Gilfoil’s Coppers
(TN-111A) & (TN-111D) 1019 CHARD, JACK
Hulseman, the Counterfeiter: The Dies of Late 18th-Century Coinage Dies:
Benjamin True in the Canadian The Metallurgical Processes
Blascksmith Token Series 4300 Involved (TN-130) 1136
This Orphan Needs a Home:
GEORIUVS. III . VTS / BRITI 4191 CHEQUINS
“This Orphan Needs a Home: Real Forgotten Coins of North America:
GEORIUVS. III . VTS / BRITI” Islamic Gold, Silver, and Copper from
A Rejoinder 4221 the Eastern Trade 4071
Wood 33: A Response to the Rejoinder 4249
Wood 33: An Evasive Copper in North CHETWOOD, FRANCIS B.
America 3279 Son of Mrs. William (Mary Barber)
Chetwood to whom she recounted her
CAPE COD CANAL recollections of minting operations in
Thomas Machin and the Elizabeth, New Jersey. 228, 494
Cape Cod Canal (TN-44) 444, 471
CHILDISH FACE
CAROLINA Nicknamed Connecticuts
Unknown Coinage for (RF-45) 399, 419 by Edward R. Barnsley 391
The Hunt for Carolina Elephants: Questions
Regarding Genuine Specimens and CHIPMAN, LEMUEL & NATHANIEL
Reproductions of the 1694 Token Sureties to Reuben Harmon for the extended
by R. Neil Fulghum 2415 grant, in 1786, for the Vermont
coinage. 123
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Overview of Early American Coinage
CHITTENDEN, EBENEZAR Technology 765,780,799,812
Brother of Mary Chittenden, Abel Buell’s
first wife, and silversmith under whom COINING PRESS
Abel apprenticed. His brother Thomas See also SCREW PRESSES
later became the first Abel Buell’s High Speed Coining
Governor of Vermont. 127, 412 Press 298, 353
The Hawley-Moore Connecticut Coppers Machin’s Mills Coining Press 400, 875
Inspection Certificate (May 9, 1787) Sale by Matthias Ogden’s Widow of
(TN-39) 412 Coining Press to First U.S.Mint. 229, 1052
CHITTENDEN, THOMAS
Brother of Ebenezar, became first COLE, JAMES [Fells Point - Baltimore]
Governor of Vermont. 127, 412 North Carolina Brass (RF-55A) 534
CHITTENDEN, TIMOTHY 127 COLES, JOHN B.
Received James Jarvis’ Harsimus, NJ
CIRCULATION OF ENGLISH AND property in 1810. 289
IRISH COPPERS 2063
COLLES, CHRISTOPHER
CLARK, ABRAHAM Early American mapmaker 1281
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
and original owner of the land that COLEY, WILLIAM
would become the Rahway, Book by Z. Humphrey The Story of
New Jersey mint site. 225, 286 Dorset, (Rutland, VT, 1926)
[Contains information on
CLARK, RANDY William Coley and Reuben Harmon.] 120
Transcription of Samuel Thompson’s
Essay on Coining (1783) 3843 COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Virginia Halfpence of 1773 1053, 1061
CLINTON, GEORGE
New York Excelsior 877 CORDED BORDERS
on Libertas Americana Medal (CS-4) 1603
CLINTON, Sir HENRY
Commander of British Forces in Hanover COLLEGIATE MEDALS
Square, New York City. 262, 343 The Botetourt Medal of
William and Mary College
CLUB RAY FUGIOS of 1787 by R. H. Williamson 653, 657, 680,689, 693
See Fugio Cents
COLLIER, THOS. S.
CNL LOGO 1662 Sonnet “The French American Colonial
Coinage of 1670” from NUMISMA
COENTIE’S CLUB OF NEW YORK [Sept. 1881] 111
What was the Coentie’s-Club of
New York? (RF-51) 401, 2025 COLONIAL COLLECTOR’S SOCIETY
Comment on. 152, 218
COENTIES SLIP
The Coentie’s Club of N.Y. (RF-51A) 401, 2025 COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Virginia Halfpence of 1773 1053, 1061
COIN OF THREE COUNTRIES
With Talbot, Allum and Lee COMPAGNIE DE SCIOTO
reverse. (TN-5) 213 See SCIOTO LAND COMPANY
See also DUER, WILLIAM
COIN HOARDS
See HOARDS COMPANY FOR COINING COPPERS
The name of the company formed on
COINAGE, or ART OF COINAGE November 12, 1785 at New Haven,
Reprint from Encyclopedia Britannica, Connecticut for the purpose of
Edinburgh, 1768-1771. 189 exploiting the State coinage
concession. 127, 155, 263, 274, 412,
COINAGE DIES 421, 614, 1099
The English Experience — Matthew Boulton’s
use of Huntsman Steel (in 1789) 1141 CONDITION CENSUS
Condition Census (AE-5) 1373, 1375
COINAGE TECHNOLOGY Connecticut Condition Census? Some
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Random Thoughts (TN-167) American Numismatic Society. Plate XIII:
by George Perkins 1574 1786 (Miller 4.1-G to 5.1-H.1) 4269
Connecticut Coppers vs
CONJECTURE & SPECULATION Connecticut Cents (RF-43C) 416, 456
Editor’s Introduction 1191 Connecticut Double Overstrike
CS-1 Halloween at Machin’s Mills 1190 (TN-36) 395
CS-2 Benjamin Dudley and the “Connecticut Revisited” - An update
Fugio Copper 1363 of Table XI from Money of the Colonies
CS-3 More on Benjamin Dudley, and Confederation: A Numismatic, Historic
Public Copper, Constellatio Novas and Economic Correlation. (TN-131) 1144,
and Fugio Cents 1442 1385, 1405
CS-4 Corded Border Connecticut Shilling (RF-17) 162
Libertas Americana Medal 1601 Corrigenda Millerensis 337
CS-5 Benjamin Dudley and Corrigenda Millerensis Revisited 1242
Robert Morris; Description of Reverse XX
The Saga Continues 1623 of 1787 (TN-69) 593
Die Combinations (1972)
CONNECTICUT COPPERS Numerical Sequence by Obverse 341
Accession Notice — Dr. Hall’s Numerical Sequence by Reverse 341
“Later Notes” on Connecticuts 849 Die Interlock Charts (1964)
Additions and Deletions to Year 1785 105
Miller-Ryder. 7 Year 1786 105
Authorized Weights. 9 Year 1787 106
Biennial Pairings of Connecticut Year 1788 107
Obverses. 206 Machin’s Mills 107
Biennial Pairing Puzzle (TN-31) 335 Vermont 108
Bizarre Lettering on the Connecticut Die Interlock Chart (1974) 449
Coppers. 356 Discovery of a Second
Brockage - 1787 Conn. 33.2-Z.5 21, 22 Connecticut 5.13-I of 1786.
Bungtown Bonanza! The Discovery— (TN-125) 1099
and Rediscovery—of an Extremely Rare Double Overstrike (TN-36) 395
Connecticut Copper 4321 “Draped Bust” Mailed? (TN-53) 484
Connecticut Center Dots 624 Experimental Die Analysis Chart for the
Condition Census (AE-5) 1373, 1375 Connecticut Coppers
Connecticut Condition Census? Some by James C. Spilman
Random Thoughts (TN-167) I Introduction 573
by George Perkins 1574 [Chart] 577
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the II Background 594
American Numismatic Society. Plate I: [Errata] 594
1785 (Miller 1-E to 3.4-F.2) 3601 III CNL Database 596
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the IV Topology 598
American Numismatic Society. Plate III: V DAC Construction 600, 630
1785 (Miller 4.3-A.2 to 4.4-C) 3724 [Machin’s Mills Connection] 633
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the [Vermont Connection] 633
American Numismatic Society. Plate IV: Henry Clay Miller, Collector & Author
1785 (Miller 4.4-C) 3775 of the State Coinage of Connecticut. 243
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the
American Numismatic Society. Plate V: Hall’s “Later Notes” on
1785 (Miller 4.4-D to 6.2-F.1) 3829 Connecticuts (RF-28) 36, 281
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the Hawley-Moore Connecticut Coppers
American Numismatic Society. Plate VI: Inspection Certificate (TN-38) 412
1785 (Miller 6.3-G.1 to 6.3-G.2) 3889 Humdinger - 1787 Conn. 28-n 50
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the Informal Survey of Three
American Numismatic Society. Plate VII: Connecticut Coppers (TN-90) 706, 731
1785 (Miller 6.3-G.2 to 6.4-I) 3927 Inspection Certificate of
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the May 9th, 1787 412
American Numismatic Society. Plate VIII: Interesting 1785 Miller 8-D (TN-146) 1303
1785 (Miller 6.4-I to 7.1-D) 3974 Interlocked Dies of Connecticut
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the Coppers 449-451, 577
American Numismatic Society. Plate IX: Lettering, Bizarre 356
1785 (Miller 7.2-D to 8-D) 4015 Lightning Strikes Twice,
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the New Connecticut 33.50-Z.24
American Numismatic Society. Plate XI: (TN-174) 1683
1786 (Miller 2.1-A to 3-D.1) 4093 Location of Unique 1787 Connecticut
Connecticut Coppers in the Collection of the 5.3-B.2 (RF-13) 119, 255, 283