Podcast on the circulation of foreign coinage in the United States. "Before the Coinage Act of 1857"
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It's Episode 1 of the new pocast by the American Numismatic Society -- The Planchet.
"Before the Coinage Act of 1857: How American's Spent Foreign Money"
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!!
Full disclosure: I'm the guest speaker and work for the ANS (so it wasn't too hard to get a spot).
Post a foreign coin with evidence that it circulated in the United States (or the colonies).
Spanish-American one-real coin with counterstamp of Sachem's Oyster House, 273 Bowery, New York City.
ANS, 1969.222.4645
Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
Resolute Americana Curator of American Numismatics
American Numismatic Society
New York City
Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
Become a member of the American Numismatic Society!
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Thanks for the link... will listen later... have some leisure time today
Cheers, RickO
Thanks, RickO. Let me know your thoughts.
Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
Resolute Americana Curator of American Numismatics
American Numismatic Society
New York City
Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
Become a member of the American Numismatic Society!
1829 2-reales coin from Zacatecas counterstruck as an admission ticket for Wood's Minstrels, 444 Broadway, New York City.
American Numismatic Society, 0000.999.71113
Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
Resolute Americana Curator of American Numismatics
American Numismatic Society
New York City
Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
Become a member of the American Numismatic Society!