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COINS OF THE
COLONIAL PERIOD
Settlers in early America hadlittle use for coined money. Most economic transactions
were accomplished by barter, the simple exchange of commodity for commodity. As time
passed, commercial interests, centered in the small but rapidly growing coastal cities
involved with international trade, felt an increasing need for money. Britain consistently
ignored the coinage needs of the colonists. The gap was partially filled by many and
varied foreign pieces, especially the products of the Spanish colonial mints.
The Revolution in England under Cromwell, and the execution of King Charles in
1649, greatly weakened British control over the American Colonies for several years,
especially since so many of the former members of the Government were forced to flee to
France to escape the revolutionaries. Taking advantage of this, in 1652 the Massachusetts
Bay Colony authorized the issue of silver shillings and their fractions in an effort to
alleviate the problem for its citizens. These pieces continued to be issued until 1682, but
all bear the date 1652 in an attempt to conceal the infringement of the royal prerogative
to coin money. A silver coinage for Maryland, struck in England in 1659, was provided by
Lord Baltimore. The Rosa Americana half penny, penny, and two pence, produced from
1722 to 1724 under royal patent by William Wood in England for use in America, did not
meet with colonial approval. Nor did Woods Hibernia tokens, rejected by the Irish, gain
popular favor. The only piece officially authorized by the Crown for a colony was the
Virginia half penny in 1773.
During the period of the Confederation after the War of Independence, each state had
the right to coin money. New Hampshire was the first to consider coinage, but few if any
pieces were placed in circulation. From 1785 to 1788 Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey,
and Massachusetts issued coppers in a number of varieties, most of which were struck in
fairly large quantities. The Confederation Congress also issued several patterns for coin-
age as well as the first national coinage, the Fugio cents of 1787, privately struck for the
government.
Throughout the Colonial and early American period, enterprising individuals issued
tokens of differing degrees of usefulness and intrinsic worth. Among these are the Higley
tokens made in Connecticut from 1737 to 1739, Chalmers silver tokens in Maryland, and
the copper pieces of the New York firms of Mott in 1789 and Talbot, Allum & Lee in 1794
and 1795. Locally produced counterfeits of state coinages as well as British half pence also
played their role. Other tokens of English, French and Dutch origin appeared in America
in Revolutionary times. They were, for the most part, speculative ventures that neverthe-
less readily circulated because of the great scarcity of small change.
 U. S. COLONIAL COINS
MASSACHUSETTS SILVER

Stock # Price

Cl 1652 Oak Tree Shilling. Noe 5. Choice Very Fine. An above

average example. Tree sharper than most of this variety,
but reverse the stronger side. Tops of lettering mostly in-
tact. 2,750.00

C2 1652 Oak Tree Shilling. Noe 5. Very Fine. Similar to above example,
with tree a trifle weaker, but more lettering intact and a rounder
planchet. 2,500.00

C3

C3 1652 Oak Tree Shilling. Noe 5. Very Good-Fine. Evenly worn, with
just the outline of tree visible, but again struck off-center as is
normal for this variety. 450.00
 C4
Stock # Price

C4 1652 Oak Tree Sixpence. Noe 16. Choice Very Fine. IN NEW EN-
GLAND ANO, the only variety of Massachusetts Silver with this
legend arrangement. Half of obverse lettering off the flan; just the
opposite on the reverse where nearly 90% of legend visible. 975.00

C5 1652 Oak Tree Sixpence. Noe 20. Very Fine. The variety with NEW
ENGLAND ANO, later recut to serve as Noe 21 and 22. Tree quite
sharp, but outer beading off-center. 1,500.00

C6

C6 1662 Oak Tree Twopence. Noe 32. Choice Extremely Fine. The only
denomination dated 1662. A needle sharp example on a full plan-
chet, with only the diagnostic 2 of date weak. Pleasing light to
medium gray. A premium example. 1,350.00

C7

C7 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large planchet. Noe 2. Very Fine. The
"straight branches variety. Fully round, nearly full letters on re-
verse. A pleasing medium gray. A distinctive "Tree for the type
collector. 1,750.00

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Stock # Price

C8 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large planchet. Noe 4. Choice Very

Fine. A truly beautiful example of the "Large tree. Smooth
glossy planchet with no damage. Several letters cut short
due to one straight edge. A premium example for type. 2,750.00

C9 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large planchet. Noe 5. Very Fine. A slightly
weakened version of the Noe 4. The surfaces pale to medium gray,
free from defects. A bit off-center, but still attractive. 1,500.00

CIO

CIO 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large planchet. Noe 8. Very Fine. Well
struck, sharp tree. Irregular planchet at six oclock. The mono-
grammed NE variety, and an important type coin as such. 1,500.00

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Stock # Cll Price

Cll 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large planchet. Noe 8.2. Very Fine. An in-
termediate die state where lettering and recutting have taken place
to strengthen the Noe 8. 1,500.00

C12

C12 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large planchet. Noe 10. Extremely Fine.
Needle sharp, although a reengraved version of Noe 8, and many
times scarcer. Missing from the Roper and Massachusetts Historical
Society collections. A splendid opportunity for the specialist. 2,250.00

C13

C13 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large planchet. Noe 11. Very Fine. A wavy
planchet, but excellent detail. The only variety with the spelling
MASATVSETS, and all the Ns in the legends reversed. An impor-
tant type for that reason. 1,250.00

C14

C14 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Small planchet. Noe 17. Very Fine, very
nearly Extremely Fine. Variety with the recut "H. Extremely diffi-
cult to find small planchets in the upper grades. Deeply toned. 1,250.00

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Stock # C15
Price

C15 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Small planchet. Noe 17. Fine. From the late
state of the die as there is much evidence of die crumbling and
flaking. 525.00

C16

C16 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Small planchet. Noe 23. Very Fine. Minor
weakness at one oclock. An extremely rare variety lacking in all
recent auction sales. 1,000.00

C17

C17 1652 Pine Tree Sixpence. Noe 33. A strong Very Fine, nearly
Extremely Fine. An obverse centering problem as usual for
this variety, with much extra metal below and to the right
of the obverse border. Free from defects or marks. 2,750.00

C18

C18 1652 Pine Tree Sixpence. Noe 33. Very Fine. Not as sharp as the
preceding coin, but the tree better centered. Evenly worn, iridescent
toning. 875.00
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 MARYLAND

C19
Stock I^ricc

C19 (1659) Lord Baltimore Shilling. Very well struck. Choice Ex-
tremely Fine. The high points of the obverse far stronger
than usual. As nice an example as we have ever seen. Vir-
tually defect-free. 6,500.00

C20

C20 (1659) Lord Baltimore Sixpence. Planchet crack. Extremely

Fine. Well centered with nearly full denticulation on each
side. Deep steel gray toning. The planchet crack at six
oclock is the only detraction. 2,850.00

MARK NEWBY

C21

C21 1681 St. Patrick Farthing. Bird and 8 below King. Very Fine. Glossy
brown surfaces and certainly an above average example. Taxay
#291. Rarity 7. 375.00
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 ROSA AMERICANA

C22

Stock # Price

C22 1723 Twopence. Crowned rose. Nelson 14. Choice Extremely Fine. Pe-
riod after REX. Deep olive brown with some golden in the devices.
Excellent detail. 525.00

C23

C23 1723 Halfpenny. Crowned rose. Extremely Fine. Dark olive to ebony.
A well struck example. 325.00

WOODS HIBERNIA

C24

C24 1723 Farthing. Silver Pattern. Nelson 7. Choice Brilliant

Proof. A presentation piece. Die break from truncation to
rim. Very rare as are all U.S. Silver Colonials. 2,750.00

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 C25
Stock # Price

C25 1723 Halfpenny. Harp right. Glossy Brown Uncirculated. Some mint
red in the devices and harp strings. 725.00

C26

C26 1723 Halfpenny. Harp right. About Uncirculated. Glossy surfaces.

Some striking softness on hair, not uncommon for issue. 475.00

C27 C28

C27 1723 Halfpenny. Harp right. Extremely Fine. Evenly worn. Extremely
late die state. 200.00

C28 1723 Halfpenny. Harp right. Very Fine. Some staining about the fore-
head. 150.00

C29

C29 1723 Farthing. Red/brown Uncirculated. Sharply struck, with lustrous

surfaces. 750.00

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 VIRGINIA

Stock # C30 Price

C30 1773 Penny. Choice Brilliant Proof. Really a Pattern

Halfpenny. Rare. Extremely desirable as an early Proof.
Wide borders and a mirror-like planchet. Glossy iridescent
brown and blue toning. 4,000.00

C31

C31 1773 Halfpenny. Period after GEORGIVS. 7 harpstrings. Prooflike.

Superb Red Uncirculated. 700.00

C32

C32 1773 Halfpenny. Period after GEORGIVS. 8 harpstrings. Choice Red

Uncirculated. 575.00

C33

C33 1773 Halfpenny. No period. 7 harpstrings. Red/brown About Uncircu-

lated. 450.00
 EXCESSIVELY RARE GLOUCESTER TOKEN

C34
Stock # Price

C34 1714 Gloucester Token. Brass. Excessively rare. Only two

known specimens, this one discovered in 1981. Although
neither of the two known examples shows the full legends,
combining the pieces we have GLOVCESTER COVRTH-
OVSE VIRGINIA / RIGHAVLT DAWSON. ANNO-
. DOM. 1714. The recentdiscovery has forced a new interpre-
tation of the legends, as a Righault family once owned land
near the Gloucester Courthouse. Some have speculated that
the piece was a pattern for a shilling, because of the XII
below the courthouse, but nothing else substantiates this
view. Unevenly struck, with some adjustment marks at the
edges. A natural even brass color. Very Good. A superb op-
portunity for the Colonial specialist. 17,500.00

LONDON ELEPHANT TOKEN

C35 1694 Halfpenny. GOD PRESERVE LONDON. Thick planchet.

Uncirculated. Traces of mint red in the devices. Well struck,
with the die engravers finishing marks visible. One of the
nicest available. 1,750.00

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Stock # C36 Price

C36 1760 Farthing. Nelson 1. Large letters. Extremely Fine. As a denomi-

nation, probably 50 times rarer than the halfpenny. Usually seen in
much lower grades. Uniform ebony toning throughout. 850.00

C37 1760 Halfpenny. Nelson 2. Choice About Uncirculated. Often confused

with the rare 1700. Well centered with nice details, except in the
centers as usual. 500.00

C38 1760 Halfpenny. Nelson 9. Extremely Fine. The "Stern Bust. Smooth
medium brown surfaces. 325.00

RHODE ISLAND

C39 1779 Ship Token. Without wreath. About Uncirculated. A pleasing

light olive obverse. The reverse once cleaned, now retoning. 750.00

C40 1779 Ship Token. Without wreath. Extremely Fine. Deep olive brown
toning. 575.00
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 NEW YORK

Stock # C41 Price

C41 1781 Excelsior. Eagle on globe facing left. Crosby plate VII,
no. 22. Rare. Very Good. Well centered, just the top of the
eagles head off the flan. Date weak on lower parts of digits,
but identifiable. Deep reddish brown and black mottled ton-
ing. 1,750.00

STANDISH BARRY

C42

C42 1790 Standish Barry Threepence. Extremely Fine. Well cen-

tered. Very rare and always underrated. Said to be a por-
trait of Barry himself, but many suggest it is the head of
Washington. An excellent strike with lustrous surfaces.
One of the finest extant. 8,000.00

IMMUNIS COLUMBIA

C43 1787 Immunis Columbia. Glossy Extremely Fine-About Un-

circulated. Very scarce and quite difficult to find this nice.
Nearly 3/4 date and full legends, with deep olive surfaces. A
premium example. Normally listed under New York, but
new information ties it more to the Rahway, N.J. mint.

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 NOVA CONSTELLATIO

Stock # Price

C44 1783 Pointed Rays. Small U. S. Crosby 2-B. Extremely Fine. Lustrous
brown surfaces, with superb detail, and just light friction. 500.00

C45 1783 Blunt Rays. Crosby 3-C. Very Fine. Deeply toned surfaces, light-
ly porous. 275.00

C46 1785 Pointed Rays. Crosby 3-B. Deeply toned Fine-Very Fine. 125.00

C47 1785 Pointed Rays. Crosby 4-D. Glossy brown Uncirculated. A

bold strike resulting in excellent detail. A premium exam-
ple. 1,000.00

C48 1785 Pointed Rays. Crosby 5-E. Edge bump. Medium brown Very
Fine. The only Nova Constellatio with 26 pairs of leaves in the
wreath. One of the two rarest die varieties. 375.00
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 MASSACHUSETTS COPPERS

C50
Price

C49 1787 Half Cent. Ryder 4-C. Uncirculated. Very well struck-up with
full HALF CENT and all details of Indians tunic. A gorgeous irides-
cent brown-blue specimen. 1,100.00

C50 1788 Half Cent. Ryder 1-B. About Uncirculated. Common variety but
still a lovely example. Large die break from rim through H in MAS-
SACHUSETTS. 675.00

C51 1787 Cent. "Horned Eagle. Ryder 2b-A. Choice About Uncirculated.
Scarce and popular issue with die break from eagles head. CENT on
shield and other details bold. 1,250.00

C52 1787 Cent. "Horned Eagle. Ryder 2b-A. Olive brown About Uncircu-
lated. Similar to above, but slightly weak in center of Indian. 625.00

C53 1788 Cent. Ryder 10-L. Extremely Fine. Chestnut brown, and evenly
worn. Reverse sharper than obverse. 325.00

C54 1788 Cent. Ryder 12-M. About Uncirculated. Glossy brown with
some
1,000.00
mint red in the devices. An excellent example for type.
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 HIGLEY COPPER

Stock # Price

C55 1737 Higley Threepence. Obv. VALUE ME AS YOU

PLEASE. Rv. Broad Axe. I CUT MY WAY THROUGH.
Fine-Very Fine. Extremely rare and exceedingly well
made for this primitive issue. Legends and devices are
sharp and clear. "1801 in light graffiti seen on obverse
above deer. Coin can be pedigreed to 1901 Chapman Sale. 7,250.00

CONNECTICUT COPPERS

C56 1787 Copper. Small head facing right. Miller 1.1-A. Extremely Fine.
Struck at Machins Mills. Typical soft strike in center. Deep ebony.
Rim clip at eleven oclock, a feature we estimate half of this variety
has. Popular and necessary as a type coin. 325.00

C57 1788 Copper. Mailed bust right. Miller 2-D. Very Fine. A medium
brown with light red undertones. Perhaps expertly recolored. Light
hairline scratches visible under magnification. 125.00

C58 1787 Copper. Mailed bust left. Miller 13-D. Very Fine. Uniformly deep
olive brown. 175.00

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 NEW JERSEY COPPERS

Stock # Price

C59 1787 Maris 6-D. Extremely Fine. Sharp impression, with excellent de-
tail on horse, plow and shield. Glossy hrown with reddish tones. A
premium example. Ex Bareford Collection. 525.00

C60

C60 1786 Maris 18-M. Double struck 4% off center. Fine-Very Fine. The
Bridle variety, with die break from mouth to chest. Above average
strike. 200.00

C61 1786 Maris 21-N. Medium brown Very Fine. A few short scratches in
front of horse head. All features clear. A challenge to find better. Ex
Bareford. 225.00

C62

C62 1786 Maris 24-P. Very Fine. Tall horse head, placed high in field.

Smooth glossy brown surfaces. 275.00

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 Stock # C63 Price

C63 1787 Maris 48-g. About Uncirculated. Pronounced outline to

shield. A popular type. Struck from lightly clashed dies.
Glossy medium brown. A prize for the specialist. Ex Bare-
ford Collection. 1,500.00

C64 1787 Maris 48-g. Very Fine. Smooth, evenly worn, virtually defect-
free. 250.00

C65 1787 Maris 56-n. About Uncirculated. Struck over an English halfpen-
ny of 1773, date clear above VA of NOVA. A very high grade piece
which has seen essentially no wear. Parts of the legends CAESA-
REA and UNUM are affected by the overstriking. Glossy medium
brown surfaces with traces of mint red in the devices. An outstand-
ing piece for the specialist or the collector of high grade state cop-
pers. Ex Bareford Collection. 1,275.00

C66 1787 Maris 56-n. Granular surface. Fine-l-. 175.00

C67 1787 Maris 64-t. Fine-Very Fine. Small shield with very sharp points,
the Us in legend suggesting horseshoes. Uniform porosity men-
tioned for accuracy. 250.00

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 VERMONT COPPERS

C68
Stock # Price

C68 1785 VERMONTS. Ryder 2. Landscape. Choice Very Fine. Chocolate

brown. The second most difficult Landscape to find after VERMON-
TIS, and always difficult on a smooth glossy planchet like this ex-
ample. Only a small planchet clip from perfection. 975.00
C69 1785 VERMONTS. Ryder 2. Landscape. Struck off-center. Very Fine.
A pleasing olive brown. 275.00

C70 1786 VERMONTENSIUM. Ryder 6. Landscape. Planchet streaking.

Very Fine. A pleasing smooth medium brown specimen. Well cen-
tered with all legends legible. 750.00

C71

C71 1786VERMONTENSIUM. Ryder 7. Landscape. About Uncirculated.

Glossy brown. A superior example, with all legends crisp, and all
but lower left center sharply struck. A premium example for type. 1,250.00

C72 1786 VERMONTENSIUM. Ryder Landscape. Extremely Fine. Simi-

7.
lar to above, however, a trifle better struck, but more worn and a
bit porous. Still a very pleasing example. 1,000.00

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 KENTUCKY TOKENS

Stock # Price

C73 1792 Cent. Plain edge. Glossy brown. About Uncirculated. Prooflike
surface, not uncommon. Sharply struck on scroll, with a hint of red
in the devices. A minor nick or two on reverse mentioned for accura-
cy. 500.00

C74

C74 1792 Cent. Engrailed edge. Glossy brown. Uncirculated. Diagonal reed-
ing, as on other English tokens of the time. Well struck and cen-
tered. Rare this nice. 950.00

FRANKLIN PRESS

C75 1794 Token. Traces of mint red. Uncirculated. Really an English to-
ken, but popular because of the association of the name Franklin.
Pleasing brown with considerable reddish tones. A lovely example. 625.00

MOTT TOKEN

C76 1789 New York. Thin Planchet. Engrailed edge. Rare. Uncirculated.
A late die state with no hands on clock. Reverse as sharp as we
have ever seen. A pleasing glossy brown. 1,100.00
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 TALBOT, ALLUM & LEE

Stock # C77 Price

C77 1794 New York. Glossy brown Uncirculated. The regularly seen vari-
ety with NEW YORK above ship. Edge lettered; PAYABLE AT THE
STORE OF. Much scarcer than the 1795 in top grade. 700.00

MYDDLETON TOKEN
*1/},

C78

C78 1796 Silver. Plain edge. Brilliant Proof. Engraved by Conrad

Kuchler, and struck at the Soho mint for P.P.P. Myddleton,
a speculator with large land holdings in Kentucky. Very
well designed and executed, and long considered one of the
most beautiful pieces of the period. 4,750.00

FUGIO CENTS

C79

C79 1787 Fugio. Newman 8-X. Pointed Rays. STATES UNITED. Brown-red
Uncirculated. One of the varieties found in the Bank of New York
hoard. The usual die break from the sundial through the legend,
obliterating Y and SIN, and some corresponding weakness on the
reverse. Absolutely no defects, and no marks or signs of wear. Excel-
lent for the type collector. 725.00

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Stock # C80 Price

C80 1787 Fugio. Newman 13-X. Pointed Rays. STATES UNITED. Gem
Brilliant Uncirculated. The most common variety of the series, and
often found in top shape. Well struck except for the B in BUSI-
NESS, always weak on this variety. Struck from clashed dies, with
the familiar reverse die break at six oclock. Nearly full mint red. A
perfect type coin. 900.00

C81

C81 1787 Fugio. Another Newman 13-X. Glossy Brown Uncirculated. 725.00

C82

C82 1787 Fugio. Newman 15-Y. Pointed Rays. STATES UNITED. Very
Fine, lightly porous. Obverse die break, with two eight-pointed stars
on the reverse label but only the top star is struck-up. The balance
of the coin is very well struck, including the detail in the face of the
sun. 175.00

C83

C83 (1860) New Haven Restrike. Copper. Uncirculated. 275.00

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