Right now some of the auction catalogs are the best references for Connecticuts, particularly the Taylor sale. It is quite expensive and hard to...
Yes, yours would be Breen 829 with cinquefoil, the no cinquefoil after Auctori: is for Breen 831 and 832. Obverse 33.31 has the cinquefoil as do...
Finally found some decent pictures of a 33.31-gg.2, my best guess is that is what yours is. I think the gg.2 is right and the obverse seems to...
Wow, now this is a tough one! All obverse 33's have a cinquefoil after Auctori:. The punctuation is the most important part of attributing...
Sure, I know Jeff, I have a 1786 Connecticut 5.2-I on the way from him now. Wish I could add them to the collection like you do, I can only manage...
Toad, I agree with you on the A. I have a Nova Eborac, but you are way ahead of me on Virginia's I have one lonely coin. Keep em coming!
I assume you mean obverse 17, I am aware of it but I didn't think the letter and fleuron shape, spacing and placement look right for 17. I thought...
1788 16.2-o ?
Who doesn't love old coppers! Right now I am fooling around with Rosa Americana pieces, does Bath metal count as copper?
I got some decent coins from them, but whenever I ordered one of their specials I ended up returning it. I guess they run the specials when they...
Barring any unforseen circumstances, I will be there Saturday.
I mostly attend the smaller shows in Northeast PA and my experiences have been almost all positive. I usually have one or both of my sons with...
Definitely Breen, mine is worn and dogeared. I haven't bought a red book in 15 years!
Someone may have hit the rim with a file to see if it was copper all the way through or just on the surface?
William Moulton had a contract to produce coins of this design for New Hampshire. There are a few coins of slightly different design that may be...
I recognize that coin! I have bought most of my colonials from this dealer, nice coin!
Generally this is what clad coins look like when found in the ground, silver is usually shiny.
Coins were also holed and sewn into the lining of clothing. Travellers and soldiers would have money at hand, but it would not be easily lost or...
Small world, I can see Elk Mt. out my back window! I hope to make the show, but may have to work.
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