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@RogerB, thanks for the replies and information. The first Indian cents were coined from dies cut by Joseph Callender, but he charged so much for his work that Jacob Perkins of Newburyport was employ… (View Post)

@Shamika posted, "What was numismatics like for you BEFORE the internet?" I used to correspond by mail with another collector of the early United States silver dollars 1794 to 1803. And wit… (View Post)

Roger, have you ever come across any correspondence between the first U.S. Mint in Philadelphia and Jacob Perkins of Newburyport, Mass.?" Thanks. Photo of the unique Perkins Pattern Dollar (unif… (View Post)

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A favorite token on mine, this one a Civil War Store Card token for the "Perkins Hotel" in Detroit. I discovered that this token was issued by my great-great grandfather, William Perkins, J… (View Post)