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THE C4 NEWSLETTER Colonial Coin Collectors Club IVE CAST COUNTERFEIT INIA HALFPENNY | | | | Spring 2004 Volume 12, Number 1 Since 1935, the mame Stacks has ben inked eo building grest collections of ‘onal coins, Today's callers ake pride in owing colonials pedigreed to ‘uch great ellecions as Oechsner, Hessberg. Groves, Prk, Robison, Elasber,Spito, and Picker to mame just afew. We helped bul each one of them, Stacks can help you build yout own cllectin af ealonias, be they ‘cis o¢ medal ‘We maintain a comprehensive stock of colonial cone and medals. Necd ‘ype,or a paticula variety? Callow etal sles department, Stack’ can help {you ind what yout looking foe. We can help you upgrade, well ven cake Sour doplicace i rade wwards the pic of your new purchase “Thinking of sling your cin? We'e alway interested in buying colonials “Thinking about an auction for your cone? Stack’ has conducted mate ac tions of eaknials than all our competiters, combined ever have. Jase give ws 8 Call well be gad to bap with your plans Stack's has the expertise in clonal. Stacks researc Hbrary i the bese in the con business. Stack’ chentele the Finest in the hobby. We're here xo help, Jose pu tothe et ‘Sod for cbr bole shout oF a thor in Amen mama Lok fr the Word Wide Web ac HFTPWWW STACKS.OOM The C4 Newsletter Volume 12 Nausbor | A quarterly publication of The Colonial Coin Collectors Club, inc. ‘Web adiwss: sri colmfalcoine ong C4 National Officers President Rav Willan ajraywns@optonline el James Rosen Ipeonen] Bet et Urenwwrer; Angel Pete [email protected] Secremry: Fark Sicimde teime@ucl. cua, Fas present Dennis Witz IEA cet com tember ip nesiens, ess ehanyes aed tes sok bse cage Pet lve te ited eve Dave $20-reiar, S10 fe atl seers jd 1, $23 tse mating ef merete, $400 tor ctrl pete of S100). Pave snd dae oe Ane O. Pit Spring, 2004 C4 Regional Vice Presidents Tego 1 (Nem Empl, Quins, Carli Main “in Sklbe, Coin. 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Macin Esa ts Mishra co Virgo aljemuy Cat turers Rogen Mout Anaouncemats 2 (Ailey Kes thi Sle Cowal Aas al Spring, 2004 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Ise movnetans quar etoile fora Tresida's Mesage a fit myself wedding oye o condense my hougets ano a ae oo. Ths Br elinn joa fo 4 feces and athens ing i a poe 2 ng mnpysed Wis ho thak seh send oman the levi lie lr poor nf wre took fora qr gh he de az wel od ofr to make I la ea 8 36 Ou oftusr ill be oily ceed ad iatalod a ove Anna Moen ashe Saver ANA Comers Vshurgh ews ny Af 9 sh eshibiding u the amotan. 1 oppor to she your cos. ce ‘aso colainls aad pei inane a >. eal eens a esti Sumner NA Boros wg cancenien wenn whee Cd ses fred (con nll weve Yes nko age earch oe eal nen ‘Surewanmacaustrons. {Ropero hace gud rm ou Pm ER hese Fl Sale an OAC: we sey I the eyo catia npece thot these eves wi. e kt n 4, ako he Vor Libeay Being Satu hy Goze Khe oe Sick. The ea alone fa taeare rove of Firma The Este as fy Ra lack teneaingenmgston and sever ther aah ar progressing vb ei weeks Ps ge aay Ker sie 64 Conventions Her a pls a nage to soo C4 hasan moe ave ob acepne evel seen he nce Bl as iad wi aleing 9 neta 3 lng conventions in bi eon, el socourage eer to follow bis example. Pleats support your veil VPs wen iney aang organize hase clings. UC Somme TN $= toga tah cbr coil ease she i Tithe to anche metaheshipo please give some tought abou why son ate a risen Ca. What ty thal i gM? Ware we nine? The nesting at SNA willbe your opportunist ads ws. yea ateat the Sic Mehil WPcragsl al I oe ot Buggestons os he aM Tezeien. Wal ant te ccm ace 1k Foran 9 ae ouverdion ad ceey neler th hopes of someching new an refs. iavea' bocn chappoaed yet. ave Yon! Ray Wiliams C4 Nevestetter pevueeyevuuvcvscccetevouscecececcd SOSEROAGS ESSE EA PEERE SEA IFES ISDH OS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ‘Speaking of the C4 cunvention next November, [ave again heen asked to help put together the cducational forum, Te that ond, T seould Tike 1g a%k members whit types uf peesemtatins rey woud Fike ta have oe tbe aged, 1's your convention, and we will do ‘our hest ti ake iCaneritable. Please send suggestion i reat [email protected], Ifyou would like to volunteer ro make-a aie, pleane ame. tne ate sane aves = a mk sou in advance, Mike Packsed { eccenty) reeeived my AJN #14, socond serics 2002, tn tis an ‘xcellent puper hy George Feld on Facly Washington Meslals. 1 About @ papes ing, IFyou have an imueresl in Washes hiss a pustzeut. My enly dizappainiment vas th the plate of ‘he Euneral Medal die varicties sasn'ttarge an of highet resolute, sian ta make it meld, T vondr if Cesarge may have high quality plate dhat dhe C4 Library could obtain. Ray Willian Hill. Phought hook on chy the her day whist I just finisbod tcading. {tis calted “Journal & Letts of Phitip Vickers Fithian 1773-1774: A Plantation Tutor of he OL Dinan,” Wie um actual diary of a young Prnceton prague who traveled to ‘Virginia to tar ihe chitdron of wplantation owner. Thought the took hoping to fuel some mention of the Vieginia coinage which ‘wat released in 1774, Thaugh [ound na such reference, the bok supmlice a wende-tal insight ino the daily life in Virginia ding the colonial period, OF interes, Fhave e\tracied a few coin-related items Devember 7, (774- “The expences of a Grange, halla BIL? Spring, 2004 December 18, 17751 “So the sm of my Donstions tothe Servants fv this Christmas appears ti he tive Bits, a Bit isa pistccenc biceted or an English sixpencs, and passes here far even pee Hal penny Famvary 18, 1774 —"Lhave plenty nf Money sith me, hot it isin ‘ils of Phiidelpbia eurreney & wil noc pase at all hese.” There isa fot of mention af whal he pull tn warinus services and ings as well as an accounting of she cost of his wavel them New Teesey 1 Virginin andl back. Tmeresting, reading Roger Moore FOPEHDtrEDbeDossareonrergegogotod SERED ORFF EP ER ETHER ESD FEES 6 4 Newsletter COMMENTARY ~ COINS DUG IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY (Phitip L. Mossman) ‘The Tost Ise of the C4 Newsletter documented 1000 coins recovered over a 16-year span by & metal detectionist in southern New Jesey. Ol Mase cuins, RO? seers fre ¥6 spec locaioas and these findings are correlated with secompanying arilecs. tn Uh case buts. to estinate the age of ie site, Not anly did Me. Shelby uncavth coins and other artifacts, bat ie hel een xen that he vgs uncaverig history. The Tas sectence athe sticle speaks te his cionscivntinasness in that he only scarchex! private pevperty withthe fandonmners’ consent, Of the 1680 coins 2xamined. Pin orty qualified to eommnent upon The AF henley denial pre-Tedera ora pein ‘able 3 and detatlod in able 2. "These fiudings show « pat cease ith other extly American sles “To summary my sbservaions: IN Theve recieries sae the From the accidental loss a lass ‘denominational money. probably during the pursuit of eveusday activities. Teas the money of the prow and especally of thse ‘with hotes in their pockets [2] None of these appear to be fom hiddea ard sites suet as in Siennry, Connecti! [31 Gol is rarely founel jn these situations thers was just ane here Since if a gud piece sete lost. its anzious owner would hase seine the Linelseane uml found. A misplaced veer might have ‘any elicited a shoulder shea, 4] Silver iuney of that periud was Spanish and 8 Samseric these comprised 19,35 (6CV488} 9 identi fl pees 7 Spring, 2004 and 2.8% of the entire census of 1000. This diserepuney (19.36) vs, 12.88 is really captained since une cnvizomment is moueh less severe on huried silver thun copper and si more of the recovrercal silves can be aluibuted 15] What is surprising to me is that among the Spanish silver, only lbee pistareens wore Wentificd since these were a very comnon ‘eurrenes in the colemies, especially ws oue progrossed Inward he sontls Pstarcens score fo ccales colus minted in mainland Spain 10.8333 Cine whereas all Spanih-Aimenicun silver was hasivally sterling. snd hence more apt to be meted lacally ander expeticd in Teveiga ude, (The pisturcen series also eunne ina halt [se eal and a quaeccr [half eal] denominations.) Sinos pistaivens usually dae froen ths 1720s ard 3s, deve ray hayes heen mre ary be "idemtitiahle group because of the added years of Wear and tear or ceorrosion ju the grand [4] Coiued English silver is conspicuously absent, This is ‘expected since its exykint (the colonies was lonbidden and use international curreucy and standard forall major powers was Spanish-American silver 71 The sinall change medium consisted predorainately of English and Lisl hoffponce. Mest of the caius were recovered from Buningten County. considered soulbesn New Jemey today’ however, in the colonial cra it was actually West Jersey. and secamcmicalty floated with Pennsylvania uml (702, Fast Toney remained tied ly New York. Ta 1682, £300 in coppers were sent Philadelphia these would be Charkss Tehalfpence’ [farthings woe ‘aot nearly eens as holfpence|. Mags it was some of These (at ended mp inthe recovery trom site #29 [which thins 1s the warlist vite ofall]. Theee wine 42 Willian [I balfpence which isa fags proportion ofall coppers. 1 wonder how many of these vee counterfeit since we knew shal many 1699-duled bogus coins were fresent in dhe Philadelphia area in the 1730s.” As Mr. Shelby les ac the end uf Table 2, carsosion would make differentiation between counterfeits and peanine coppers difficult, if wot inspossibte, 8