I just got a few colonials anyone care to see..

Smittys

and grade and attribute and whatever else you wanna do.

These are scans: Coins look better in person. Only one is porous.

ColonialCoinUnion

Nice!

That St. Pats is neat - and its hard to find a Nelson 12 (P at the Face) Voce Populi in that choice light tan color with hard surfaces.

mgoodm3

Nice old stuff.

BECOKA

Wow, now that is a collection. These sure are great to look at. You can almost sense the historical value.

Great stuff.

NumisOxide

Great coins.

MikeInFL

Very nice coins. I've always wanted the 1795 Liberty & Commerce with the sail boat on the reverse. What a gorgeous example you have. Thanks for sharing...Mike

morganbarber

Agreed. Very nice coins. I love Morgans, but I see them, and pictures of them, every day. Your coins are cool.

jonathanb

I really like the look of the Washington & Independence.

Is this a collection you put together or did these come from one source?

JadeRareCoin

Now we are talking! Very nice.

Oldnewbie

I'll take a stab at the Connecticut. I believe it's a M.14.1-L.2, rarity 6. Great coin with a massive die break on the reverse.

lkenefic

Thanks for sharing...definitely not something one sees every day...Leo

rmoss

The stuff dreams are made of. Very nice collection there. Thank you for letting us have a look.

michael

sweet

colonials have their own character with much history and collectibility

a huge awakening awaits them but many new and upcoming collectors

Gemini

Very nice group of colonials thanks

novacaesarea

Smittys,

Very nice collection of Colonial Coins spanning a great deal of historical time in the development of our country.

Starting with top left, a St. Patrick Farthing. Very nice detail which you rarely see but the surfaces are a bit pourous. These were brought here from Dublin in 1731 by the Quaker Mark Newby to establish one of the first American Colonies in Western New Jersey. He brought over about 15,000 of them and to get them officially accepted by the New Jersey legislature, he had to agree to have his estate redeem them on his death.....which it did.

When and why they were made is one of the great mysteries in Colonial Numismatics. But the current majority pick would likely be the 1660s in London or Ireland. The questions around this coin...including why a group of Quakers seekeing asylum in the New World from Catholics and Protestens would pick such a heavilly Catholic coin as there first currency is endless.

By variety, almost everyone is rare (R-5 to R-9). There are several hundred varieties if you believe the experts. People are starting to collect them by variety and the best guide for attributing them is the November 2003 C-4 Catalogue.

Let me stop here, and hope others will chime in about these wonderful coins. I will stop in latter and maybe take a crack at a few more.

novacaesarea

Sorry, they established the Colony in 1681. I should have checked before pressing send.

novacaesarea

tmot99

Very cool. You gotta love the history behind those old ones. You wonder who held them and their life. I wish I knew more about colonials.

novacaesarea

This might not be any easier for the Auctori Plebis-top coin on the right. Most beleive they did not circulate here but instead where some form of English Condor Token mimicking US made Connecticut Coppers. See:http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/AuctPleb.intro.html.

BTW Smitty, they generally were struck poorly and so yours is a nice problem free type IMHO.

Best,

novacaesarea

michael

coinut1799

The Voce Populi, P before bust, the Auctori Plebis, the Washington & Independence, the 1795 Talbot, Allum & Lee, and the obverse of the Connecticut are really choice pieces. Congratulations!!

novacaesarea

Hi All,

I agree with coinut. Especially with respect the Voce Populi which has a nice light brown color. Color and surfaces are important criteria to me. I place these two criteria well ahead of sharpness even though I know some others don't.

The Vermont looks like an R-4 Ryder 25. While the color and surfaces are not quite up to some of the other pieces, Vermonts come on notoriously bad planchets. And
was likely struck in 1788 (as dated) or thereabouts and definitely circulated in the post-confederation Colonies.

novacaesarea

michael