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I don't have it in hand yet but am very happy about this purchase  We shall see  A merchant named Mark Newby brought these coins to New Jersey when he emigrated there in 1681 from Dublin. In 1682,the General Assembly of West New Jersey, as New Jersey was divided into two separate Colonies at the time, allowed his coinage to circulate as legal tender. Mark Newby died in the fall of 1682, leaving a little over 10,000 coins, some of which continued to circulate in New Jersey playing an extremely important role in local commerce well into the early 19th Century. To this day, Numismatists are not quite sure which of the two coppers Newby brought with him, Farthing or Halfpenny, but excavations of Colonial sites in New England uncovered a few specimens of the Halfpenny.  swcoin.ecrater.com
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06/11/2011 6:04 pm
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Cool coin! Thanks for sharing the coin and the history!  |
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Thanks Todd!
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Excellent .... I know nothing about this period of coinage and truly appreciate your informative post and photo. Hoping the coin in hand meets your expectations and looking forward to learning more about these colonials. Thanks for sharing. David |
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Thanks David. I have always been fascinated by Colonial coinage. This was the very foundation of our Country and commerce.
Looks like there is a small indent on the harp and a few typical planchet imperfections but one has to keep in mind on a coin coming up on 340 years old, well :)
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Finally got the envelope today I will put some photos up tonight. I was late for work! swcoin.ecrater.com
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Fantastic!!
That's a cool story, Verm! I've got some to share, too. I'm delinquent in my duties.
Congrats on the latest addition! =)
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Thanks Ryan. I would love to do a custom Colonial Dansco but some of my coins are slabbed and I really don't want to crack them out. What johnny54321 did with his SLQ Dansco was a great idea, keeping his G4 1916 holdered, and velcroing it to the upper left of his album. Great idea!
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Good job Indy finds like that make the search worth it.
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Hey, I meant to ask you - what variety is this?
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Thanks John! Man, I have been looking for one of these for some time now. Most I have seen have some corrosion or other issues and are just crazy expensive. I really lucked out on this one :-)
Ryan, I still have to research that.
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Well, there you go. According to Bowers, there are only two varieties: reeded edge and plain edge. The plain edge is R3, the reeded edge is R8. So I'm guessing for the purchase price yours is plain edge! =)
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very interesting background story....thanks for sharing!
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I'm fascinated by this coinage as well and enjoy reading and  over your posts. I just never have anything intelligent to add.  |
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Wow...really neat coin...the history is awesome....I actaully just started researching books about this coin era because of this post.
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