OK. I have found another Series to Learn and Collect. American Plantation Tokens!!
ambro51
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I've started learning and collecting American Plantation Tokens. Another little known pathway in early American numismatics...featuring a strange series of odd coins, familiar in some way to many here and a Redbook Coin from the earliest period of our history. The Series is made up by 7 (or more) varieties similar in appearance, many struck in 1688 but many also created in 1828 from the original dies. Today, both wear the same cloak and have been researched and categorized by Eric Newman. Reference works include the new Whitman colonials book and a smattering of Auction catalog notes. I'm sure I will learn much more as I go on~~~Anyway, like any good compulsive collector, I found the only two on eBay last night AND bought both. Yes, only two, but that is out of a total surviving population both originals and restrikes from 100-200 or so pieces. Both of these are restrikes using the original dies struck my Matthew Young in 1828. The top one shows nice detail but has corrosion. The die break to the right on the obverse is a hallmarks of this Newman 5-D variety. Whitman calls this URS 6 meaning 17-32 extant specimens. The second piece is the other variety found as a Restrike, Newman 4-E. The rarity here is URS 7, suggesting 33-64 known while many restrikes are MS many ate also circulated, as is this piece. Images are sellers, I hold to do better especially with the second piece. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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