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New Jersey State Coppers (Hardcover)
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New Jersey State Coppers (Hardcover)
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As William Sheldon eloquently put it in Penny Whimsy, Old copper,
like beauty, appears to possess a certain intrinsic quality or
charm... [with] an almost living warmth and personality not
encountered in any other metal.... You see rich shades of green,
red, brown, yellow, and even deep ebony: together not elsewhere
matched in nature save perhaps in autumn leaves.... Early coppers
are rich in die varieties, cracked dies, imperfect and unusual
planchets, misstruck coins and other minor variations. ...It is
therefore not surprising that to some extent the different die
varieties are recognizable by characteristic color and surface
texture, as well as by die breaks, peculiarities of the planchet
and so on. New Jersey State Coppers shows that never were these
words more true than in the case of the coins struck for New Jersey
by Thomas Goasby, Albion Cox, Walter Mould, and Matthias Ogden from
1786 until as late as 1790. By way of introduction, the authors
fully discuss the often tumultuous history of the New Jersey copper
coinage and its creators alongside the equally compelling story of
the men, like Dr. Edward Maris, who first appreciated the"living
warmth and personality" of the coins and formed the great
collections of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Every known
New Jersey die variety is presented in minute detail with lavish
enlarged full-color illustrations, condition censuses, as well as
commentary on die states and other notable features. The authors
also include such supplementary material as the original documents
related to the eighteenth- century coining venture, imitations
created for the collector market in the nineteenth century, as well
as suggestions for developing a personal collection. New Jersey
State Coppers will surely become the primary tool for the study of
this coinage and the basis for deepening the understanding and
appreciation of its charm as old copper.
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