Here is another source about Hessian and their coins, but it doesn't say specifically what type of thalers these were (presumably pre 1776 Hesse...
Here are some sources that I have found in my online research which mention Hessian coins that were found at various Colonial Revolutionary War...
For some odd reason back on the 4th of July, I started thinking about the German "Hessian" mercenary troops, with their unusual cone shaped brass...
Lastly (for now), a link to Louis Jordan's "Coins of Colonial and Early America" Notre Dame site. Link:...
Here some colonial era coin exchange tables that I am sure some of you have seen before from almanacs listing various world coins, including the...
Here is a link of some of the coins found at the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. Some of the coins found were English Sixpences of Queen...
Here is a link to a New York Times article from August 31, 1921 regarding an Irish 1782 Half Penny of King George III found at the site of Fort...
Here is a link to a book online regarding archaeological excavations of Dutch Colonial sites in New York. On the cover of the book is a 1618 2...
Here are a couple of links showing artifacts from several Native American sites in Texas where coins were found. Links: - A 1738 Spanish...
Here is a link regarding the excavation of the site of Fort St. Louis near Inez, Texas established by Robert Cavelier de La Salle in 1685. Some...
Here is a NPS link to a French billion Douzains aux croissants coin of Henry II (1547-1559) found near Cape Canaveral, Florida and possibly...
Here is another link of cut and holed Spanish Colonial coins found at an excavation of Davidson, Arkansas. Link:...
Here is a link to archaeological finds at the Los Adaes site near Natchitoches, Louisiana:...
Nice Portuguese gold Willieboyd. Here is an article I found while searching earlier about a not so nice and holed copper Portuguese-Brazilian...
I know. I have been pulling my hair out to find any mention or references of Dutch VOC coins being found or used in the New World to no avail....
Now on to French Coins: [IMG][IMG] - A 1643 French 1/12 Ecu found at a Revolutionary War site. Link:...
Here is a little more about Russia American coin finds in Alaska and at Fort Ross, California. Links: Alaska's Department of Natural Resources...
As far as the New Sweden settlement goes, the only mention regarding Swedish coins being found in Delaware was in 1747 when some soldiers were...
Hi Ripley, I haven't seen much evidence of the Dutch VOC coins being found in the United States. With my online search, I did find a mention of...
The topic of Foreign Coins used in Colonial Americas (from the first European discovery of the New World to around 1820) interests me greatly...
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