Colonial U.S.

Comment by Toad on January 14, 2009 at 6:02pm

Hey Garry & Ryan, :)

Welcome to the Groups. :D

I'm going to get to posting some of my Colonials shortly so if you've got'em, post'em. ;)

Hopefully soon, I won't be so bogged down with other stuffs and will have more time to post on here. :)

Ribbit :)

Comment by Toad on January 16, 2009 at 10:57am

Here's a plain edge variety of the 1792 Starry Pyramid Kentucky Token:

Ribbit :)

Comment by Toad on January 16, 2009 at 11:01am

Here's a 1767 12 Deniers French Colonial, that was later demoted to 9 Deniers and given the RF Counterstamp:

For more on the French Colonial issues, check out Notre Dame's website:

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/French.intro.html

Ribbit :)

Comment by Toad on January 16, 2009 at 11:55am

Here's a multi-struck 1787 M4-L Connecticut Cent:

The M4-L is also known as the Horned Bust variety but the early die state didn't have the horn and is more rare than the later die states with the horn die break. This one doesn't appear to have a horn and it has been examined by others, who also can't find the horn. :D

Ribbit :)

Comment by Toad on January 16, 2009 at 5:45pm

Here is one of my favorite Fugios:

It's a N12-S and a R-5/6. It was severly corroded when I purchased it and I removed the corrosion, so you can see where the corrosion damaged the coin but even with the damage, she ain't a bad little coin. :D The Fugios are one of my favorites but they are pricey, so that has slowed me down on building my collection of them and I do have several others I will post later, along with lots of other colonials. ;)

Ribbit :)

Comment by Garry N on January 18, 2009 at 10:34am

Wow those are really nice. I like the Fugio and the Kentucky tokens. No corrosion that i can see. Awesome. The price of Connecticut coppers has really jumped since the Ford auctions.

Comment by Toad on January 18, 2009 at 11:27am

I have noticed the price on Conns have jumped also. I was wondering why that was so now I know. ;) I've got almost 30 of them so far and got them while the prices were reasonable and now I'll pick one up when the price is right, which isn't that often anymore. For a while, I was getting 2 to 5 a week but now, I'm lucky to get one but I am picky and am only buying R-3's or better, since I figure I can pick up the more common ones anytime. I started building my Conn Collection when I noticed the prices were fairly low but now they are costing me more, so it will slow me down until there's another slowdown, which I will exploit. ;)

The Kentucky Token is high AU and the nicest coin I have in my Colonial/EAC Collection. I'm glad I snabbed it when I did. :)

It seems all colonials are going up in price, as are the other early coppers I collect and the one I want the most, a Chain Cent, isn't showing any signs of slowing down. By the time I can afford to get one, I won't be able to afford it. ;)

I have a bunch more colonials to post, along with EAC's for the EAC Group and Early English Tokens for the newest Group I started. I just gotta get the time to take new pics of them to post. I like the ease of posting on here, once you have a pic. :)

Ribbit :)

Comment by Toad on January 18, 2009 at 2:56pm

BTW - I may have attributed the Fugio incorrectly. I do believe the obverse is a 12 but the reverse may be incorrect. The rings appear to have been recut and I cannot find one with recut rings but a friend told me the LL reverse has recut rings, so I'm trying to find a pic of a LL reverse to compare to. I haven't found one yet so I cannot confirm if it is or is not a LL reverse but there is a chance it could be one.

Ribbit :)

Comment by Garry N on January 19, 2009 at 10:06pm

Toad, one place that always has a nice selection of Colonials is Harlan Berk in Chicago. Some are high priced items, but nice to look at.
http://www.harlanjberk.com/unitedstatesco/text.asp?title=Colonial&inventorygroup=us

Comment by Garry N on January 19, 2009 at 10:07pm

HJB has a bunch of Conns for sale too. check them out!

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