by Charles Doyle | Sep 24, 2010 | Early American
When America declared its independence in 1776, tokens, patterns, and state copper coins were struck by private enterprises with some sanctioning by individual states. According to Q. David Bowers in his book, Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins...
by Charles Doyle | Sep 24, 2010 | Early American
Among the rare and interesting historical coins of early America are those currencies from Europe and the mints of Spanish colonies from South America that were used by the earlier settlers of North America, including: Sommer Islands Coinage (1616) The first coins...
by Charles Doyle | Oct 9, 2009 | Early American, Peter Rosa Early America Replica Coins
Working with Peter Rosa from 1964 until his death in 1990, I’m the last person living that knows what he created and how he made his dies, molds, and coins. While selling Rosa’s ancient coin replicas on eBay I was contacted a number times with questions about...
