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Need info for small article on circulating foreign coinage in U.S

PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭
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I'm purchasing a used copy of "America's Foreign Coins" which I understand to be excellent on the topic. Numismatist recently had a very interesting article on the value of the dollar in the 19th century.

Do you know of any nice online articles on the subject of foreign coins that circulated in 19th century U.S.? I would also love to find some information on the various cost of items during different decades.

Also, I'd love to get a grasp on where and what coinage was used in various areas of the country. I keep hearing that coins weren't really used in one region but were in another. I don't completely understand this since there were mints on both sides of the country and the coins appeared to have circulated.

Thanks!

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  • slipgateslipgate Posts: 2,301 ✭✭
    I lived on Grand Island, NY for 12 years and we always had Canadien currency and coins everywhere. You could go to a supermarket and ask for Canadien currency. We liked it because it was colorful. This was back in the 70's and although it wasn't a 1 to 1 exchange, it was where we lived.
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,631 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I currently live 5 minutes south of Grand Island, NY and we still get Canadian coins in change. The cent coins circulate freely here but not so much the 5c and higher coins mainly due the exchange rate. Most stores in the area will accept Canadian currency but not at par to the US$.

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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Although it's focus is on the colonial period of the 18th century, you can get a lot of background information that may be useful about foreign coins circulating in early America from this website.
  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Although it's focus is on the colonial period of the 18th century, you can get a lot of background information that may be useful about foreign coins circulating in early America from this website. >>


    Cool site! Even if it doesn't provide the information I'm looking for in this article, I've bookmarked it for future reference. Thanks.
  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Will Nipper's book, "In Yankee Doodle's Pocket: The Myth, Magic, and Politics of Money in Early America," has a lot of good information relating to circulating foreign coins.
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  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭
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  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭
    Leo....that last post of mine was to hopefully find others with possibly some pockets of information that might otherwise not be published in a book (such as an online article or old magazine article, etc.). I happened to have just received my own copy of America's Foreign Coins. That does seem to be one valuable resource in my little quest.

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