Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 585, member: 57463&quot;]&quot;Every now and then i like to think about going back in time to the late 1700&#039;s early 1800&#039;s and going to the bank and pick up a few unc rolls of half cents and maybe even a roll of 1793 chain cents. does anyone else think like this or should i seek help?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to think of going back to pre-Federal America and making a whole series of privately-issued coins that would WORK.&nbsp; The problem with all the failures including Federal money was that they all carried their &quot;money of account&quot; values.&nbsp; So you could have more than a penny&#039;s worth of copper in a penny and it would fail as a coin.&nbsp; The solution would be to do what Higley did: let people value them as they choose.&nbsp; Put only the weight (and fineness for silver and gold) on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would make &quot;13 Colonies&quot; coins in copper, &quot;pennies&quot; that celebrated Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, and the other towns of the American states.&nbsp; They would be like Hard Times Tokens.&nbsp; No eagles, though: Ships.&nbsp; I like the Breton tokens.&nbsp; Speed the Plow...&nbsp; Pure Copper Preferable to Paper...&nbsp; Trade and Commerce...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in