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Wall Street Journal10y
Coins From Colonial America
Early American currency wasn’t always American ... An online exhibit called “Coins & Currency in Colonial America,” presented by Colonial Williamsburg (history.org), showcases money made ...
Time8y
Early American Colonists Had a Cash Problem. Here’s How They Solved It
Money, or the lack thereof, was a persistent problem in colonial America ... How Banking Worked in the Early American Republic by Sharon Ann Murphy. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press ...
Smithsonian Magazine3y
Found in a Candy Tin: One of the First Coins Struck in Colonial North America
A silver coin minted in colonial Boston in 1652 has sold for $ ... on behalf of Wentworth “Wenty” Beaumont, a descendant of early New England settler William Wentworth. Beaumont’s father ...
WHNT8mon
1739 Higley-I Cut My Way Through-Extraordinary and Historic Colonial Coin Offering
Tom Pilitowski-US Rare Coin Investments offers Rare American Colonial coin ... All things considered looking at this early America rarity as a possible investment, the future appears quite ...
Los Angeles Times3y
It was worth pennies when minted. Now this Colonial American coin could fetch $300,000
The online auction, which includes several other early American coins, is scheduled for Tuesday.
KSL3y
Colonial coin from 1652 may sell for $300,000
The online auction, which includes several other early American coins, is scheduled for Nov. 26.
New York Post6mon
American colonial period silver coin shatters auction record, sells for $2.5 million
An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record. The threepence ...