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On Page 14 of the April BULLETIN, the fifth line under the heading “A Proclamation Piece for Cuba” should begin ‘‘the Third” instead of ‘‘the Fourth ”
On the same page, under the heading of ‘‘A Mexican Proclamation Piece,” it v/as stated that the medal had been struck to show the allegiance of Oaxaca to Emperor Iturbide. This is wrong, as the date and inscription of the medal, April 14, 1822, are evidence of allegiance having been sworn to the Imperial Congress. The first Mexican Congress was installed on Feb. 24, 1822, while the outbreak that led to the seizure of the government by Itui’bide did not take place until May 18, 1822.
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VOL. I. MAY, 191 1). NO. 2.
Coinage of the Provincias del Rio de la Plata.
1813. 8 R. Coat of anus of the Provinces. EN UNION Y LIBERTAD. 1813. Rev. Radiated sun. PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA. Size 39 mm. Mintmark of Potosi. A combination of P T S I. (The mint of Potosi was over 1200 miles distant from Buenos Ayres.)
1813. 4 R. Same design as foregoing. Size 33 mm.
1813. 2 R. Same design as foregoing. Size 26 mm.
1813. 1 R. Same design as foregoing. Size 20 mm.
1813. V2 R. Same design as foregoing. Size 17 mm.
The first coinage of the above-named government seems also to have been the first regular coinage to be struck by any one of the Hispanic-Amer- ican countries after throwing off the sovereignty of Spain.
Down to 177 5 the basin of the Rio de la Plata was a dependency of the \ iceroyalty of Peru. In that year the Vicei’oyalty of Buenos Ayres was established, which, in addition to the basin included Bolivia, under the name of Upper Peru, embracing the headwaters of the Amazon and most of the plateau of Titicaca.
The general movement toward independence in Hispanic-American coun- tries was brought about by the seizure of Ferdinand VII of Spain by Napo- leon and his replacement on the Spanish throne by Joseph Bonaparte, eldest brother of the Emperor, in 18 06. This same action also caused the first step toward independence by the country embraced by the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres.
In 1808 a French vessel brought an envoy of Napoleon to the Spanish Viceroy Liniers, informing him of the cession of the Spanish throne at Bayonne. Liniers, it appears, favored the French, and exhorted the inhabi- tants of Buenos Ayres to remain quiet. The Governor of Monte Video, Don F. X. Elio, accused Liniers of disloyalty, and Elio organized a junta in favor of Ferdinand VII, in imitation of those formed in Spain, and separated the Banda Oriental from allegiance to the Viceroy. This conduct was ap- proved by an agent from the Seville junta. After the central Spanish junta had been formed Liniers was succeeded by Don B. H. Cisneros, and Spanish authority was continued in Buenos Ayres until the overthrow of the central Spanish junta and the establishment of the regency. News of these events reached Buenos Ayres in May, 1810.
Cisneros, the Viceroy, had doubts as to his authority, and a congress was assembled on May 22, 1810, which recommended, on May 25, the for- mation of a junta, the first act of which was to deputate Don J. J. Passo to inform the inhabitants of Monte Video of the events at Buenos Ayres. This
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resulted in the calling of an assembly at Monte Video which approved the proceedings at Buenos Ayres and agreed to support the new government.
The Spaniards, however, opposed the plan, and caused troops to be landed from the Spanish vessels in the harbor in opposition to the new gov- ernment. The Spanish chiefs of Paraguay, Cordova, and Chuquisaca also actively opposed the junta, being assisted by the late Viceroy Cisneros, who with the members of the audience, was seized and sent to the Canary Islands. A conspiracy headed by a former Viceroy Liniers was also defeated, and the latter. Concha, former Governor of Cordova; Allende, Moreno, and Rod- riquez were condemned and executed.
The junta then sent A. A. Jonte to Santiago, Chile, to form a junta there, which was done, and Jonte continued there as representative of the government of Buenos Ayres. The forces of the Buenos Ayres government succeeded in repressing all movements against its authority as far as the border of Peru. Then the Spanish Governor of Paraguay, Velasco, attacked the Buenos Ayres government, and in the first engagement defeated the forces of the latter, but Velasco was afterward deposed, and a junta for Paraguay formed, which made an alliance with Buenos Ayres. The Spanish regency had appointed Elio as Captain General of the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, and in that capacity he governed Monte Video, or the Banda Oriental. Finally after a number of engagements between the forces of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video a signal victory was gained by the former at Las Piedras in May, 1811.
In March, 1811, a congress composed of delegates from the various provinces met and appointed a new junta.
During 1811 dissensions took place between the various leaders, and in September, 1811, the municipality of Buenos Ayres called a meeting, which formed a new government composed of M. Sarratea, F. Chiclana, and J. J. Passo, as the executive body, and two secretaries — B. Rivadavia and J. Perez. In October, 1812, still another meeting was held, and the government was confided to Don M. Pena, J. J. Passo, and A. A. Jonte. On Jan. 31, 1813, a congress called the Constituyente, composed of deputies from the towns and cities of the provinces of the Rio de la Plata met at Buenos Ayres. The sovereignty of the congress was recognized by each inhabitant, and the style of the governing junta was changed to that of the supreme executive, which consisted of Pena, Perez, and Jonte.
This same congress adopted among other measures that every future child of a slave should be born free, and that all slaves who might come from any part of the world to Rio de la Plata should be immediately eman- cipated; also a plan was formed for the gradual emancipation of the slaves of the Provinces.
It was this same congress that authorized the first coinage. At the session of Tuesday, April 13, 1813, the General Assembly ordered that the supreme executive power correspond with the Superintendent of the Mint at Potosi to the end that new designs be made for gold and silver coins, to be of the same weight and fineness as the coins of Charles IV and Ferdinand VII. It was ordered that on one side of the silver coins was to be placed the seal of the General Assembly, with the exception of the sun at the top. Around the border was to be put the inscription PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA. On the reverse a sun was to be placed in the centre, with the inscription EN UNION Y LIBERTAD. It also was provided that signs de- noting the mint officers, the place of coinage, the year, value and fineness should be placed on each coin.
The same act authorized gold coins, which were to be the same in de- sign as the silver pieces, with the difference that below the hands grasping the pike or lance surmounted by the liberty cap should be placed military trophies, consisting of two flags on each side, two crossed cannons and a drum at the bottom. It was provided that drawings of the foregoing designs should be made on parchment, which, when duly approved, were to accom- pany the oi’der of coinage.
The mint authorities seem to have disregarded the order of the con- gress in regard to the design on the silver issues, for the seal of the As- sembly was surrounded by the motto EN UNION Y LIBERTAD and the sun by PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA, instead of as prescribed by the law. However this change may have been made in the drawings and later approved by the Government.
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It is not positively known what, if any, gold pieces were struck in 1813, but we do know that the silver pieces were of four denominations — eight reals, four reals, two reals, one real and one-half real.
We print herewith the original law authorizing the issue of this first coinage of the Provinces of La Plata, which is reproduced from the most useful work of Senor Alejandro Rosa, entitled “Coleccion de Leyes, Decretos y Otros Documentos,” published at Buenos Ayres, 1891, for the following:
( Sesion del Martes 13 de Abril de 1813.)
La Asamblea General Constituyente ordena:
Que el Supremo Poder Ejecutivo comuniciue lo que corresponda al Sup- erintendente de la Casa de Moneda de Potosi, a fin de que inmediatemente y bajo la misma ley y peso que ha tenido la moneda de oro y plata en los ultimos reinados de D. Carlos IV y D. Fernando VII; se abran y esculpan nuevos sellos por el orden siguiente:
MONEDA DE PLATA — La moneda de plata que de aqui en adelante aebe acunarse en la Casa de Moneda de Potosi, tendra por una parte ei selio de la Asamblea General, quitado el Sol que lo encabeza; y un letrero al rededor, que diga: — PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA; for el reverse un Sol que ocupe todo el centre, y al rededor la inscripcion siguiente: En UNION Y LIBERTAD; debiendo ademas llevar todos los otros signos que espresan el nombre de los ensayadores, lugar de su amonedacion, ano y valor de la moneda y demas que han contenido las espresadas monedas.
MONEDA DE ORO — Lo mismo que la de plata, con solo la diferencia que al pie de la pica y bajo de las nianos, que la afianzan, se esculpan trofeos militares, consistentes en dos banderas de cada lado, dos canones cruzados y un tambor al pie. De una y otra deberan sacarse dibujos en pergamino, que autorizados debidamente accompanen la orden de la nueva amonedacion.
PEDRO AGRELO Presidente Hipolito Vieytes Seeretario.
El Supremo Poder Ejeeutivo de las Provincias Unidas del Rio De la Plata.
Por cuanto:
La Asamblea Constituyente en sesion del 13 de Abril del pr^sente ano decreto en ley el siguiente:
“Espidase orden al Supremo Poder Ejecutivo para que la comunique por su parte al Super-Intendente de la Casa de Moneda de Potosi, a fin de que inmediatemente y bajo la misma ley y peso que ha tenido la moneda de oro y plata en los ultimos reinados de Don Carlos IV y su hijo Don Fernando VII se abran y esculpan nuevos sellos por el modo siguiente:
MONEDA DE PLATA — La moneda de plata que de hoy en adelante debe acunarse en la Casa de Moneda de Potosi tendra por una parte el sello de la Asamblea General, quitado el sol que lo encabeza y un letrero al rededor que diga: PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA; por el reverse un sol que ocupe todo el centre, y al rededor la inscripcion siguiente: EN UNION Y LIBERTAD; debiendo ademas llevar todos los otros signos que espresen el nombre de los ensayadores, lugar de su amonedacion, ano y valor de la moneda y demas que han contenido las espresades monedas.
MONEDA DE ORO — Lo mismo que de la plata con solo la diferencia que al pie de la pica y bajo las manos que la afianzan, se esculpan trofeos militares consistentes en dos banderas de cada lado, dos canones cruzados y un tambor al pie. De una y otra deberan sacarse dibujos en pergamino, que autorizados debidamente acompanen la orden de la nueva amonedacion.”
Y habiendose cumplido esta Soberana determinacion con arreglo a la cual se abran y acunan las monedas de oro y plata en la Casa Nacional de Potosi.
Por tanto;
Ordena y manda que todos los ciudadanos estantes y habitantes en el territorio del Estado, hayan, reciban y estimen por moneda corriente con el mismo valor intrinseco y legal que habian, recibian y estimaban las de igual clase acunadas hasta el presente, por tener igual peso y ley que ellas, sin
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que puedan dejar de recibirse come tales bajo las penas establecidas para iguales casos. Y para que llegue a noticias de todos, circulese, publiquese por bando, y fijese en los parajes publicos y acostumbrados.
Dado en la Fortazela de Buenos Aires, a 28 de Julio de 1813.
ANTONIO ALVAREZ DE JONTE,
JOSE JULIAN PEREZ,
NICOLAS RODRIGUEZ PENA.
Manuel Jose Garcia,
Secretario.
El que traslado a V. S. de orden del Supremo Gobierno, para que cir- culandolo y mandandolo publicar por bando en todo el Distrito de su mando, tenga el mas pronto y efectivo cumplimiento.
Dios guarde a V. S. muchos anos.
Manuel Jose Garcia, Secretario.
Senor Gobernador Intendente de esta Provincia.
Buenos Aires, Julio 28 de 1813.
Publiquese por bando en el dia, circulese, y para mejor constancia y noticia publica, imprimase. AZCUENAGA.
Dr. Bernardo Velez,
(Hoja suelta.)
Es copia. — Dr. Bernardo Velez,
Secretario del G. Intendencia.
Civil War Tradesmen’s Tokens of Ohio.
BY EDGAR H. ADAMS.
(’incimiati. (Continued.)
157 Ob. Same as last. Rev. a steer to right; above, BRIGHTON; below,
HOUSE. CPCR.
158 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. B.
159 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
160 Ob. Steer to right; above, BRIGHTON; below, HOUSE. Rev. 11, Die
1. CR.
161 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
162 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 9 4. C-NR.
163 Ob. A. BRUGGEMAN, GROCER, COR. LIBERTY & WALNUT. Rev.
71.
164 Ob. J. CAMPBELL GROCER & PROVISION DEALER 481 JOHN ST.
Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
165 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
166 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
167 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
168 Ob. GOOD FOR ONE CENTS WORTH OF COAL. (Portrait.) Rev.
BUY YOUR COAL NOW AT CENTRAL COAL OFFICE 56 W. FOURTH ST. CINTI. C.
169 Ob. CHAMBERLAIN BROS. 1 GLASS SODA WATER. Rev. 88. C.
170 Ob. Same as last. Rev. mortar and Pestle PERFUMERY, NOTIONS
AND FANCY ARTICLES. CR.
171 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
172 Ob. CIN. & COV. FERRY COMPANY. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
173 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
174 Ob. CITY HOSIERY STORE LADIES & GENTS FURNISHING &
FANCY GOODS, NO. 12 W. 5’ ST. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
175 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
176 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
177 Ob. GOOD FOR ONE SHAVE AT C. E. CLARKE’S LIGHTNING HAIR
DYEING ROOM, No. 4 BURNET HOUSE. Rev. 73. BPCBR.
178 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
179 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
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180 Ob. GOOD FOR ONE CENT AT COLE’S BAKERY. Rev. 11, Die 1.
CBR.
181 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
182 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 3. C.
183 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
184 Ob. Same as last. Rev. REDEEMED IN I’AR FUNDS IN SUMS OF
ONE DOLLAR. C.
185 Ob. REDEEMED IN PAR FUNDS IN SUMS OF ONE DOLLAR. Rev.
14, Die 2. C.
186 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. B.
187 Ob. CONN. MUT. LIFE INS. CO. CAPITAL OVER 6000000 DOLLARS.
1864. Rev. 94. CR.
188 Ob. CHAS. CONWAY, GROCER & LIQUOR DEALER, 3D & CEN
AVENUE. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBZR.
189 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
190 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
191 Ob. COMMISSION BOOTS & SHOES 154 MAIN ST. CINCINNATI.
Rev. 14, Die 2. C.
192 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBNR.
193 Ob. COSTELLO’S TRIMMINGS & FANCY GOODS 138 FIFTH ST.
CINCINNATI. Rev. 14. CBR.
194 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2, (two slightly different varieties.) C.
195 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3, (two slightly different varieties.) C.
196 Ob. CRITTENDEN’S SHADES. Rev. 11. C.
197 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C.
198 Ob. BATES HOUSE, ONE MEAL. J. M. DAGGETT & CO. Rev. 94.
C-NR.
199 Ob. GEO. R. DIXON & CO. SPICE MILLS SYCAMORE BET. 7’ & 8’
STS. CINCINNATI. Rev. 14, Die 1. C.
200 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 2. C.
201 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 3. C.
202 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
203 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
204 Ob. J. N. DONIPHAN 188 EAST PEARL ST. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11,
Die 1. CBR.
205 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
206 Ob. GARRET T. DORLAND IMPORTER OF WATCHES AND JEWEL-
RY N. W. COR. MAIN & PEARL STS. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CR.
207 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
208 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 2. C.
209 Ob. R. DOWNING PUBLISHER OF SHEET SONGS & DEALER IN
OLD COINS, CINCINNATI. Rev. A BUSINESS CARD and stars. BR.
210 Ob. Same as last. Rev. a bunch of fruit in a circle of stars. T.
211 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
212 Ob. L. ECKERT, BOOKBINDER STATIONER & FANCY GOODS N.
W. COR. WALNUT & 13’ STS CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, (three varie- ties, slightly different from Dies Nos. 1, 2, and 3.) C.
213 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14. C.
214 Ob. C. W. ELLIS GEN AGT. 35 W. 3D ST. CIN. O DAYTON AGENCY
44 JEFF ST. Rev. CONN. MUT. LIFE INS. CO. 1864. CAPITAL OVER 6000000 DOLLARS. CR.
215 Ob. FENTON & BECK DAILY MARKET N. W. COR 6’ & PLUM.
Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
216 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, slightlv different from Die 2. C.
217 Ob. J. FERGUSON GROCER COR. 9’ & VINE STS. CINCINNATI
GOODS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE. Rev. 14, Die 2. C.
218 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBZR.
219 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
220 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 73. C.
221 Ob. F. FISCHER CINCINNATI. 214 VINE ST. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBZR.
222 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
223 Ob. E. FIELDER BEER HALL 206 VINE ST. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBZR.
224 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
225 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
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226 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, slightly different from Die 2. C.
227 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, (two slight varieties of foregoing.) C.
228 Ob. EMIL FIEDLER. Rev. C3 in circle of stars. Lead.
229 Ob. FISLER & CHANCE. 1 GLASS SODA WATER POLAR. Rev. 94.
CC-NR.
23 0 Ob. Same as last. Rev. mortar and pestle, PERFUMERY, NOTIONS
AND FANCY ARTICLES. BR.
2 31 Ob. J. W. FITZGERALD GROCER FIFTH AND BROADWAY CIN- CINNATI. Rev. 102. C.
2 32 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 28. C.
233 Ob. CHAS. FLACH DEALER IN PROVISIONS COR. MADISON & CANAL CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
2 34 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
235 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, (variation of foregoing.) C.
236 Ob. JAMES FOSTER JR & CO. CINCINNATI. COR FIFTH & RACE
STS. In double line, row of dots in centre. Rev. 94. C-NR.
237 Ob. JOHN FRANK. Rev. ONE HALF PINT OF MILK. CBNR.
238 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 1 PINT OF MILK. CBZR.
239 Ob. Same as last. Rev. ONE QUART OF MILK. CBR.
240 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
241 Ob. USE FROST’S MEDICINES SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. Rev. 11,
slightly different from Die 2. CBR.
24 2 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. CC-NR.
243 Ob. JOHN GALVAGNI FANCY GOODS & TOYS 513 VINE BET, 14’ &
15’ STS CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBZR.
244 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 1. C.
245 Ob. L. GEILFOS, GROCER, 701 ELM ST. Rev. 71. C.
24 6 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 7 2. C.
247 Ob. J. GEISER. Rev. 71. Two varieties, large and small. C.
248 Ob. F. GEISS, DEALER IN GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, HAY &
STRAW, BOOTS & SHOES. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
249 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
250 Ob. W. GENTSCH WINE & BEER SALOON 393 VINE ST. Rev. 11,
Die 1. CBZR.
251 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
252 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94, C-NR.
253 Ob. GILBERT & HOTCHKISS. 1 PINT OF MILK. Rev. BUSINESS
CARD in wreath. Comp.
254 Ob. J. GROSSIUS, TINNER, 33 COURT ST. CIN. O. Rev. variety of
11. C.
255 Ob. JACOB GUTH. S. W. COR. VINE & COLUMBIA STS. CINCINNAT-
TI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CZR.
256 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
257 Ob. CARL HAAS CINCINNATI, O. in dotted circle, 493 VINE ST. Rev.
11, Die 1. CBZR.
258 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
25 9 Ob. Same as last. Rev. three variations of 11. C.
260 Ob. CARL HAAS, 4 93 VINE ST. A rabbit. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
261 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
262 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
26 3 Ob. Same as last. Rev. three varieties of 11. C.
264 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 61. C.
265 Ob. W. W. HANLEY WHOLESALE GROCER 25 MAIN ST. CINCIN-
NATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
266 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
267 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 2. C.
268 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 3. C.
269 Ob. HARPEL SUPERIOR CARD & MERCANTILE PRINTER S. E.
COR. 3D & VINE ST. CINCINNATI. Rev. 14, Die 3. CC-N.
270 Ob. HARPEL MERCANTILE PRINTER S. E. COR. 3D & VINE ST.
CIN. O. Rev. same as obverse of last. C.
271 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 3. C.
272 Ob. C. G. HARTMANN, GROCER 140 EVERETT ST. CIN. O. Rev.
72. C.
273 Ob. M. HARTZEL GROCER & COMMISSION MER’T N. W. COR 3’ &
ELM STS. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
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274 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 3. C.
275 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 72. C.
275 Ob. J. HAYES & BRO. 5 CENTS. Rev. 24. C.
277 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 5 9. C.
278 Ob. J. HAYES & BRO. 1 DRINK. Rev. 24. C.
279 Ob. BUY CLOTHING AT HEINMAN’S UNDER THE RUSSELL HOUSE
<!t SAVE 25 PER CT. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
280 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
281 Ob. E. HEINZMAN, NO. 12 COURT ST. Rev. 71. Large and small. C.
282 Ob. J. HELMEG, GROCER 708 FREEMAN ST. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11,
Die 1. CBR.
283 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
284 Ob. B. HEMPELMAN DEALER IN GROCERIES & FEED N. W. COR.
LIMA & FINDLAY STS. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CR.
285 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
286 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
28 7 Ob. Same as last. Rev. two varieties of 11. C.
288 Ob. Same as last. Rev. STANTON STEEL STAMPS, BRANDS &
STENCILS 139 FIFTH ST. C.
289 Ob. FARMERS HOTEL COR COURT & RACE STS CINCINNATI V.
HEYL. Rev. 11, Die 1. CR.
290 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
291 Ob. Same as last. Rev. variation of 11. C.
292 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. CC-NR.
293 Ob. FARMERS HOTEL GOOD FOR 5 CENTS V. HEYL CINCINNATI.
Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
294 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 2. C.
295 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 70. CBR.
296 Ob. DR. H. H. HILL & CO. DEALERS IN DRUGS & MEDICINES. S.
E. COR. 5’ & RACE STS CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
29 7 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
298 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 2. C.
299 Ob. B. HINTRICK & C. GLASER, 636 & 638 ELM ST. Rev. 11, Die
1. CBR.
300 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
301 Ob. Same as last. Rev. variety of 11. C.
302 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. CR.
303 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 35. C-NR.
3 04 Ob. J. A. HUGHES CINCINNATI, O. METALLIC CARDS in wreath. Rev. flving eagle to right, thirteen stars above, 1863. SC.
305 Ob. GOOD FOR ONE 10 CENT LOAF OF BREAD. P. HUGHES. Rev.
65. CR.
306 Ob. GOOD FOR ONE 5 CENT LOAF OF BREAD. P. HUGHES. Rev.
70. CR.
307 Ob. C. C. HYATT STAPLE & FANCY GROCER COR. FREEMAN &
POPLAR STS. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
308 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 1. C.
309 Ob. B. JAHR 549 VINE STR. CIN’TI, O. Rev. 94. C-NR.
310 Ob. Same as last. Rev. a large “10.” C.
311 Ob. B. JAHR & CO. 549 VINE ST. CIN. O. Rev. a large “15.”
312 Ob. W. JOHNSTON, DIE SINKER CIN. O. Rev. 71. C.
313 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 72. C.
314 Ob. W. JOHNSTON DIE SINKER 154 EVERETT ST. CIN. O. Rev.
small square and compasses; die badly broken. C.
315 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 11, variety of 11. C.
316 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 72. C.
317 Ob. W. JOHNSTON DIE SINKER (leaves) CIN. O. Rev. small square
and compasses, stars above, branch below, die badly broken. C.
318 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 72. C.
319 Ob. C. KAHN & CO. No 73 EVERETT ST MEAT STORE. Rev. varie-
ty of 11. C.
320 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 71. C.
321 Ob. A. KARMANN, NO 627 CENTRAL AVENUE CIN. O. Rev. 71. C.
322 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 72. C.
323 Ob. J. KATZENSTEIN. Rev. 70. BR.
324 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
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WARREN KENNEDY, NEWS (the word NEWS straight, one star) DEPOT, 160 VINE ST. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
Similar to foregoing, but the word NEWS curved, two stars. Rev.
34. C.
Same as last. Rev. 6 6. C.
FRANK KERN GROCER, 692 CEN AVENUE. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
SEE BEST STOCK IN CITY AT KING’S, FRANKLIN ST. Rev.
35. C-NR.
Same as last. Rev. 94. C.
J. KIRCHENSCHLAGER, GOOD FOR 5 CENTS AT THE BAR. Rev. 59. CB.
J. KIRKER & CO. CINCINNATI, O. GROCERS AND PRODUCE DEALERS. Rev. 101. C.
Same as last. Rev. 29. C.
SaniQ as last. Rev. 60. C.
B. KITTREDGE & CO. 134 MAIN ST. CIN. O. 1863. Head of Lib- erty. Rev. GUNS, PISTOLS, AND (ornaments above and below) SPORTING; DEALERS IN MILITARY GOODS APPARATUS. Two varieties of obverse. C.
J. KLEIN GROCER 63 HAMILTON ROAD. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
Same as last. Rev. 94. C-NR.
JACOB KNAUBER BUTCHER CIN. O. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBZR. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
Same as last. Rev. 14, Die 1. C.
Same as last. Rev. 7 0. C.
WM. KNECHT GROCER 502 JOHN ST. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
Same as last. Rev. 9 4. C-NR.
JOHN KOCH NO. 10 HAMILTON ROAD. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR. Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
KOOS RESTAURANT. BAR CHECK. 5. Rev. 70. CR.
B. KREAGER GROCER COR. HOME & SMITH STS. CINCINNATI. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
Same as last. Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
B. H. KREBER, GROCER, COLUMBIA BET. ROWE & MILL. Rev. 6 6. CC-N.
Same as last. Rev. 6 7. CB.
Same as last. Rev. 104. C.
Same as last. Rev. NORTH * STAR surrounded by a circle of stars. C.
A. KRENGEL’S UNION EXCHANGE 218 VINE ST. Rev. 11, Die 1. CBR.
Rev. 11, Die 2. C.
Rev. 11, Die 3. C.
Rev. two varieties of 11. C.
Rev. 94. C-NR.
Rev. 61. C.
JACOB KRICK. Rev. 94. CC-NR.
W. K. LANPHEAR CINCINNATI, O. In corn wreath. MANU’FR OF METALLIC CARDS. Rev. 20. CB.
Same as last. Rev. varietv of 20, 1863.
Rev. 22. CB.
Rev. 23. CB.
Rev. two varieties of 24.
Rev. two varieties of 25.
Rev. two varieties of 27.
Rev. 28.
Rev. 29. C.
Same as last. Same as last. Same as last. Same as last. Same as last.
Same as last. Same as last. Same as last. Same as last. Same as last. Same as last. Same as last.
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399 Ob. Same as last. Rev. ALSO CUTLERY & NOTIONS (ornaments) &C in circle of dots, ornaments above and below. CB.
4 00 Ob. Same as last. Rev. DEALERS IN HOOP SKIRTS, HATS, CAPS & NOTIONS. CB.
401 Ob. Same as last. Rev. STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES AND INSTRU-
MENTS FOR SALE P. O. BOX 2566. CB.
402 Ob. W. K. LANPHEAR MANU’FR OF METALLIC CARDS CINTI
OHIO. Rev. same as obverse of last. CB.
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437 Ob. Same as last. Rev. square and compasses, in centre radiated G.
CB.
438 Ob. Same as last. Rev. DEALERS IN HOOP SKIRTS, HATS, CAPS,
& NOTIONS. C.
439 Ob. W. K. LANPHEAR 134 WEST 4th ST. CIN. O. in corn wreath,
MANUF’R OF METALIC CARDS. Rev. SEAL PRESSES CAN- CELLING AND HAND STAMPS. CB.
440 Ob. Same as last. Rev. W. K. LANPHEAR CIN. O. SEAL PRESSES.
CB.
441 Ob. Same as last reverse. Rev. variety of 20. C.
44 2 Ob. Same as last. Rev. same as first Lanphear obverse. C.
44 3 Ob. W. K. LANPHEAR MANUFACTURER OF STORE GOODS 102 WEST FOURTH ST. CINCINNATI, O. Rev. 34. CBC-NZ.
444 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 80. C.
44 5 Ob. Same as last. Rev. W. K. LANPHEAR GENERAL ENGRAVER 102 W. 4’ ST CINCINNATI. CB.
44 6 Ob. W. K. LANPHEAR STENCIL (large star with five small stars be- tween the radiations) CUTTER 102 WEST 4’ ST. Rev. 66. C.
447 Ob. Same as last. Rev. 104. C.
44 8 Obv. Similar to second Lanphear obverse, but MANNER instead of MANUFR. Rev. 27. C.
(to he continued.)
LIST OF COINS FOR SALE
BY
THE UNITED STATES COIN CO. 200 Fifth Ave., New York.
HARD TIMES TOKENS.
Low 1 Head of Jackson. Very fine, brown color $40.00
Low 4 Bust of Jackson. Unc. $6.00; Ex. fine $5.00; Very good 2.00
Low 5 Bust of Jackson facing. Ex. fine, sharp impression, $12.00;
Very good 3.25
Low 8 Hog running. Uncirculated 25c; very fine .10
Low 9 Similar dies. Thin planchet with original silvering. Very
fine and very rare 5,00
Low 9 Thicker planchet, broken die. Extremely fine 3.00
Low 10 Jackson with broad shoulders. Very fine $1.50; Very good. . .50
Low 11 Jackson with broad shoulders, struck in brass. Very fine,
traces of silvering 25.00
Low 12 Jackson with sword and purse. Uncirculated 75c; Ex. fine
40c; Fine .15
Low 15 William H. Seward. Very fine 3.50
Low 17 Jackass running. Short ground variety. Fine $6.50; Very
good 4.00
Low 18, 19, 20 Uncirculated 30c; Ex. fine 20c; Very fine .10
Low 21 Ugly head. Uncirculated, light olive and red $12.00; Ex.
fine, olive 5.00
Low 22 Similar head. Ex. fine $6.00; Fine 3.00
Low 27 Similar type, better woi'k. Ex. fine and sharp 35.00
Low 28 Uncirculated, light olive proof surface $3.50; Ex. fine 75c;
Very fine .50
Low 29 Crude head. Fine $5.00; Very good 2.50
Low 30 Extremely fine and sharp 5.00
Low 31 Uncirculated $1.00; Very fine 50c; Fine .20
Low 32 Uncirculated 75c; Ex. fine 60c; Very fine 40c; Fine .25
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Low 33 Uncirculated 75c; Ex. fine 50c; Very tine 30
Low 34 Uncirculated 75
Low 35 Fine .75
Low 3 6 Fine 25
Low 3 7 Fine 50c; Very good .25
Low 38 Fine 25c; Very good .15
Low 39 Ex. fine 50c; Very good .15
Low 40 Uncirculated, red $1.25; Very fine .50
Low 42 Wrecked ship. Uncirculated, brown 35,00
Low 44 Uncirculated .40
Low 4 5 Uncirculated 50c; Ex. fine .40
Low 4 6 Uncirculated 50c; Ex. fine .40
Low 47 Extremely fine 30c; Veiy fine .15
Low 4 8 Fine .15
Low 4 9 Half Cent token. Uncirculated 7 5c; Very fine .40
Low 51 Jackson in safe. Uncirculated 30c; Ex. fine 20c; Very fine. . .10
Low 5 2 Uncirculated $3.5 0; Fine $1.50; Good .75
Low 53 Jackass with large belly. Uncirculated $1.25; Ex. fine 75c;
Very fine 40c; Fine .25
Low 54 Slave token. Uncirculated 75c; Ex. fine 50c; Very fine 30c;
Fine .15
Low 55 Loco Foco. Uncirculated, part red $2.50; Ex. fine 50c; Very
fine 30c; Fine 15
Low 56 Bust of Van Buren. Very fine $1.25; Fine .75
Low 58 Ship token. Uncirculated 50c; Very fine 20c; Fine .10
Low 59 Uncirculated 50c; Very fine 25
Low 60 Uncirculated 50c; Ex. fine 20c; Very fine .10
Low 61 Rare ship token. Ex. fine $25.00; Very fine 15.00
Low 62 Uncirculated 25c; Ex. fine 20c; Very fine .10
Low 63 Uncirculated $1.50; Very fine 50c; Fine .25
Low 64 Uncirculated 25c; Very fine .10
Low 6 6 Steer and ship. Uncirculated, light olive, sharp impression
$10.00; Ex. fine 6.00
Low 67 Liberty head. Uncirculated 75c; Ex. fine 40c; Fine .20
Low 68 Uncirculated .75
Low 69 Very fine 30c; Fine .15
Low 72 Francis L. Brigham. Cracked obverse die. Very fine, sharp
impress-ion 20.00
Low 73 Brigham. Very fine 2.50
Low 74 Hathaway. Uncirculated $1.00; Very fine 40c; Fine .20
Low 75 Robinson Jones & Co. Uncirculated, red $2.50; Uncirculated,
olive $1.25; Very fine 75c; Fine .30
Low 7 6 Uncirculated 6 0c; Ex. fine 35c; Very fine .20
Low 80 Haskins. Ex. fine $1.75; Fine .15
Low 83 Richards. Uncirculated, red $2.50; Uncirculated, olive $1.50;
Ex. fine 75c; Very fine 50c; Fine ,20
Low 84 Planing machine. Uncirculated $1.00; Ex. fine 50c; Very fine .35
Low 86 Wilkins. Uncirculated $3.50; Fine .30
Low 89 Bucklins. Ugly head. Very good $22.00; Good 12.00
Low 92 Bucklins. Very fine 30c; Very good .15
Low 94 Clark & Anthony. Uncirculated $2.25; Ex. fine 50c; Very
fine .25
Low 95 Merchants Exchange. Uncirculated 40c; Ex. fine .30
Low 97 Merchants Exchange. Uncirculated 25c; Ex. fine 20c; Very
fine 10
Low 98 Merchants Exchange. Uncirculated 25c; Ex. fine 20c; Very
fine .10
Low 99 Walsh. Uncirculated 75c; Ex. fine 50c; Very fine .25
Low 100 Walsh. Ex. fine $2.00; Very fine 1.00
Low 103 Robinson. Fine .35
Low 104 Uncirculated 50c; Ex. fine 30c; Very fine .15
Low 105 Fine $7.50; Very good 5.00
Low 107 Anderson. Uncirculated 50c; Ex. fine 35c; Fine .15
Low 109 Benedict & Burnham. Uncirculated $3.25; Fine .75
Low 109 Thin and smaller planchet. Ex. fine. The only one we have
seen 10,00
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Low 110, 111 Centre Market. Uncirculated 35c; Very fine .20
Low 112 Crossman. Ugly head. Fine .25
Low 113 Crossman. Eagle. Uncirculated 1.00
Low 115 Deveaux. Very fine .25
Low 116 Maverick Coach. Very fine 7.50
Low 117 Feuchtwanger Three Cents. Uncirculated 3.00
Low 120 Feuchtwanger Cent. Uncirculated 20c; Very fine .10
Low 122 Jarvis. Very fine .25
Low 123 Jarvis. Ex. fine 50c; Very fine .30
Low 126 Maycock. Uncirculated $1.25; Ex. fine .75
Low 127 Phalon. Uncirculated, part red $2.00; Ex. fine $1.25; Fine .75
Low 128 R. E. Russell. Good 20.00
Low 129 Roxbury Coaches. Fine 4.50
Low 130 Scovill. Uncirculated, bright red $6.00; Unc. olive 4.00
Low 131 Haselton & Palmer. Very good .50
Low 132 Sise. Uncirculated, sharp $1.50; Very fine 1.20
Low 133 Smith’s Clock. Uncirculated, part red 7.50
Low 134 Smith. Uncirculated, light olive 12.50
Low 138 Smith. Uncirculated, gilt surface 10.00
Lov/ 138 Uncirculated, olive 7.00
Lov/ 142 Bergen Iron Works. Uncirculated $3.50; Very fine 2.00
Loat 145 Bucklin. Ugly head. About uncirculated $10.00; Fine
$2.00; Good 1.00
Loav 148 Seaman. Very fine 40c; Very good .15
Low 153 Riker. Ex. fine 7 5c; Very fine .50
Low 155 T. B. Seaman. Extremely fine and sharp, light olive 25.00
Low 156 Troy head with screw bolt. Uncirculated, olive with traces
of red 65,00
Low 156 About uncirculated, light olive, small chip out of planchet. 15.00
Low 162 Bust of Van Buren. Rev. Eagle. Very fine 25.00
Low 163 Howell Works Garden. Very good 3.50
Low 172 Bust of Van Buren. Brass. Uncirculated $3.50; Very fine. 2.25 Low 175 Gustin & Blake. Ex. fine but poorly struck on right side. . . 20.00
The John Law Medals.
Obverse. Two soldiers of the guard facing each other; one holds his hat before his face and whispers to the other. Legend — GELD 1ST DIE LO- SUNG (Money is the watchword). In exergue — ABER (but).
Reverse. An old man in cocked hat and long loose coat stands facing; he holds in his left hand a purse from which, through a hole, coins are dropping to the ground; with his right hand he points to the purse. Legend — WIE’S KOMMT SO GEHT’S. NULLA BLEIBT UBRIG. (As it comes so it goes. Noth- ing is left over). Silver. Betts XXXII. Alexi XIX. Size 38 mm.
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Few American collectors are familiar with these medals of Law, which are mostly satirical, but, owing to the relation of his great financial scheme to the French colonies in America, they should have considerable interest to the student of Ameiican history and numismatists who are interested in the early coins and medals of this country.
The best descriptive list of the medals is that written by Benjamin Betts, and published in 1907, although the treatise by S. Alexi (Berlin, 1885) has a splendid review of the history of the subject, giving financial tables and other matter of great interest to the student. The Alexi work has eleven very good half-tone reproductions of the medals, while the Betts pamphlet illustrates thirty medals by line cuts or drawings. Alexi describes nineteen pieces, while Betts mentions thirty-eight. It is oui- object to prop- erly illustrate a number of these medals that our readers may become better informed on the subject. To those who are not familiar with the history of the Mississippi System a brief sketch may be of interest.
The scheme of John Law to finance and develop the Province of Louis- iana and other possessions of France is one of the most remarkable episodes in modern histoi’y. Born in Scotland, he was a man of most liberal educa- tion, particularly along the lines of finance and economics. He tried unsuc- cessfully to promote a company, in both England and Italy, having as its object an issue of paper money against lands owned or controlled by such a company. He finally established a bank in France, issuing paper currency, which procedure was at that time a phase of exchange rather undeveloped. This bank was so successful that it was eventually taken over by the King, and Law appointed Director General. Shortly after being appointed to this position Law broached his project of the Mississippi System.
“The scheme was no less than the vesting of the whole privileges, ef- fects, and possessions of all the foreign trading companies, the great farms, the Mint, the general receipt of the King’s revenues, and the management and property of the Bank, in one great company, * * * which would thus
become possessed of a power to carry the foreign trade and the culture of the colonies to a height altogether impossible by any other means.
“The outlines of this plan being laid before the Regent, met it would seem with the approbation of that Prince, as measures were taken for the establishment of the proposed company and dii’ections issued for making the requisite grants to enable them to commence their operations * * * Ac-
cordingly, by letters patent dated in August, 1717, a commercial company was erected, under the name of the ‘Company of the West,’ to whom was granted the whole Province of Louisiana, a country watered throughout its vast extent by the great river Mississippi; from which circumstance its sub- sequent operations came, by way of distinction, to be included under the general name of the Mississippi System.
“The capital was divided into two hundred thousand shares of five hun- dred livres each, the whole of which might be paid in ‘billets d’etat’ at their nominal value, although worth no more than a hundred and sixty livres in the market.
“The company thus became creditor to the King in the sum of one hun- dred millions of livres, the annual rent of which was fixed at the rate of four per cent.’’
The speculation and rise in the shares of this company were unparalelled and attracted speculators from all nations. Amalgamation with the Royal Bank was the next step, and the heavily watered stock of the company was still further increased. The market values of the shares had now reached a total of several billion dollars and it was of course impossible to sustain this value without interest or dividend payments in proportion, such as the com- pany could not maintain, and the entire scheme collapsed in 1 720.
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COIN & MEDAL
An Unlisted Hard Times Token.
It will no doubt be interesting to a good many of our readers to see illustrated two distinct die varieties of the Hard Times token known as Low No. 5. Mr. Low has listed only one variety of this piece, which is the one first illustrated. No. 5A has been known to a number of those interested for some time, but we believe that this is the first time it has been reproduced in conjunction with No. 5. So far as can be perceived, the two obverses are identical, but there is a distinct difference in the reverses, although both are of the same general design. On No. 5 the tip of the right wing is directly above the point of the middle arrow; on No. 5A it projects below the point of the arrow. The bi’anch of olive in the eagle’s talon on No. 5 consists of five leaves and two beiudes, Avhile on No. 5A there are only five leaves. The eagle on No. 5 has the appearance of being slightly larger than on No. 5A. In the inscription on No. 5 there is a period after “N.” in N. ORLEANS, which ’s lacking on No. 5A. No. 5A is in the same metal as No. 5 — that is, brass.
LIST OF COINS FOR SALE
BY
EDGAR H. ADAMS,
5056 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
pattern (’OI.XS.
118 1866. Five Cents. Shield obverse. Bronze. A-W 568 $ 2.50
119 1866. Do. Do. Nickel. A-W 570 $ 10.00
120 1866. Do. Do. Copper. A-W 572 % 8.00
121 1867. Do. Lincoln. Bronze. A-W 583 $ 50.00
122 1867. Do. Shield obv. Copper. A-W 623 $ 3.50
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123 1867. Do. Nickel. A-W 626 $ 3.50
124 1867. Do. Copper. A-W 628 $ 15.00
125 1867. Do. Nickel. A-W 644 $ 8.50
126 1868. Eagle. Longacre. Aluminum. A-W 652 $ 5.00
127 1868. Five Cents. Nickel. A-W 675 % 2.50
128 1868. Do. Nickel. A-W 679 If 25.00
129 1868. Do. Nickel. A-W 680 % 5.00
130 1868. Do. Nickel. A-W 684 $ 6.50
131 1868. Do. Copper. A-W 685 $ 5.00
132 1868. Three Cents. Nickel. A-W 692 If 2.00
133 1868. Cent. Nickel. A-W 700 $ 2.00
134 1868. Cent. Size old-style cent. Nickel. A-W 702 If 15.00
135 1868. Cent. Do. Copper. A-W 703 $ 10.00
136 1869. Half Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. A-W 732 $ 3.00
137 18 6 9. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 733 2.00
138 1869. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 738 $ 3.00
139 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 739 $ 2.00
140 1869. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 744 $ 3.00
141 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 745 $ 2.00
142 1869. Quarter Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. A-W 75 3 $ 2.5 0
143 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 754 $ 1.75
144 1869. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 759 $ 2.50
145 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 760 ? 1.75
146 1869. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 765 $ 2.50
147 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 766 $ 1.75
148 1869. Dime. Silver. Plain edge. A-W 774 $ 2.00
149 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 775 % 1.50
150 1869. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 780 $ 2.00
151 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 781 $ 1.50
152 1869. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 786 $ 2.00
153 1869. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 787 $ 1.50
154 1869. Five Cents. Nickel. A-W 803 $ 2.50
155 1869. Three Cents. Nickel. A-W 814 ^ 2.00
156 1869. Cent. Nickel. A-W 820 $ 1.75
157 1870. Dollar. Indian Princess. Silver. Plain edge. A-W
851 $ 25.00
158 1870. Do. Barber’s design. Silver. Plain edge. A-W 864.$ 25.00
159 1870. Half Dollar. Same design as last. Silver. Plain
edge. A-W 883 $ 10.00
160 1870. Do. Silver. Plain edge. A-W 915 $ 3.00
161 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 916 $ 2.50
162 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 9 20 $ 2.50
163 1870. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 921 $ 3.00
164 1870. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 927 $ 3.00
165 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 9 28 $ 2.50
166 1870. Quarter Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. A-W 939 $ 2.50
167 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 940 $ 2.00
168 1870. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 945 $ 2.50
169 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 946 $ 2.00
170 1870. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 9 51 $ 2.50
171 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 952 $ 2.00
172 1870. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 957 $ 2.50
173 1870. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 963 $ 2.50
174 1870. Do. Do. Plain edge. A-W 969 $ 2.50
175 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 970 $ 2.00
176 1870. Do. Barber’s design . Rev. STANDARD. Silver.
Plain edge. A-W 975 $ 5.00
177 1870. Do. Do. Reeded edge. A-W 976 $ 5.00
178 18 71. Five Cents. Shading on right arm of numeral. Nick-
el. A-W 1193 $ 7.50
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179 1871. Do. Do. Copper. A-W 1194 $ 3.50
180 1871. Do. “5 Cents” in wreath. Nickel. A-W 1197 $ 5.00
181 1873. Trade Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. Very rare. A-W
1302 $ 20.00
182 1873. Trade Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. Very rare. A-W
1307 $ 20.00
183 1873. Trade Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. Very rare. A-W
1312 $ 20.00
184 1873. Trade Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. Very rare. Ob.
A-W 1322. (Short plow handles.) Rev. 1328. (Should be 1322A.) $ 20.00
185 1873. Trade Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. Verv rare. A-W
1323 ' $ 20.00
186 1873. Trade Dollar. Silver. Plain edge. Very rare. Ob.
A-W 1335. (Long plow handles.) Rev. 1328. (Should be A-W 1335A.) $ 20.00
187 1874. International Ten Dollars. Copper. A-W 1367 $ 10.00
188 1875. Eagle. Liberty head, hair tied with ribbon — a most
attractive design. Copper. A-W 1404 $ 15.00
189 1875. Half Eagle. Same design as last. Copper. A-W 1407.$ 15.00
190 187 5. Twenty Cents. Copper. A-W 1433 $ 15.00
191 1875. Do. Silver. A-W 1435 $ 25.00
192 1875. Do. Silver. A-W 1439 $ 25.00
193 1875. Do. Silver. A-W 1442 $ 25.00
194 1875. Do. Silver. A-W 1446 $ 25.00
195 1875. Do. Silver. A-W.1449 $ 25.00
196 1875. Do. Copper. A-W 1455 $ 15.00
197 1879. Four Dollars. Flowing hair design. Gold. A-W
1575 $ 95.00
198 1879. Four Dollars. Coiled hair design. Gold. A-W 1578.$ 450.00
199 1879. Barber’s Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 1598 $ 5.00
200 1879. Morgan’s Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 1602 $ 50.00
201 1879. Barber’s Goloid Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 1606..$ 5.00
202 1879. Morgan’s Goloid Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 1610..$ 50.00
203 1880. Four Dollars. Flowing hair design. Gold. A-W 1630.$ 350.00
204 1880. Four Dollars. Coiled hair design. Gold. A-W 1633.$ 450.00
205 1880. Barber’s Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 16 36 $ 10.00
206 1880. Morgan’s Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 1639 $ 50.00
207 1880. Barber’s Goloid Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 1642. .$ 10.00
208 1880. Morgan’s Goloid Metric Dollar. Silver. A-W 1645.$ 50.00
209 1881. Five Cents. Copper. A-W 1649 $ 10.00
210 1881. Three Cents. Copper. A-W 1652 $ 10.00
211 1881. Cent. Nickel. A-W 1654 $ 15.00
212 1881. Cent. Copper. A-W 1655 $ 10.00
213 1882. Five Cents. ‘Tn God We Trust” above wreath. Nick-
el. A-W 1664 $ 12.00
214 1882. Do. ‘‘E Pluribus Unum” above wreath. Nickel. Small
planchet. A-W 1667 $ 12.00
21 5 1882. Do. Similar to last, but from different die. Large
planchet. Nickel. A-W 1669 $ 12.00
216 1 882. Do. Similar to first adopted die of 1883, but ‘Tn God
We Trust” above head of Liberty. Nickel. A-W 1672. . .$ 15.00
217 1882. Do. Same as first die adopted in 1883. Nickel. A-W
1 675 $ 10.00
21 8 1883. Do. The word “Cents” across the “V” on the re- verse. Nickel. A-W 1681 $ 15.00
21 9 1883. Do. “Pure Nickel.” A-W 1686 $ 20.00
220 1883. Do. “50N. 50C.” A-W 1689 $ 15.00
221 1883. Do. “75N. 25C.” A-W 1 692 $ 15.00
222 1883. Do. “33N. 67C.” A-W 1694 $ 15.00
223 1883. Do. Similar to die first adopted in 1883, but the
word “Liberty” above the head of Liberty. Nickel. A-W
1696 $ 15.00
224 1884. Do. Hole in centre. Nickel. A-W 1702 $ 20.00
225 1884. Cent. Hole in centre. Nickel. A-W 1704 $ 15.00
BULLETIN.
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New York & Harlem Railroad Tokens.
No. 1. Without counterstanip. Is known in German silver, copper, and lead. Size 18 mm. Octagonal.
No. 2. Counterstr.mp of rosette. German silver. Size 18 mm. Octa- gonal.
No. 3. Counterstamp of dog. German silver. Size 18 mm. Octagonal.
A token of much interest, but about which little is known, is the one above, which is familiar to all collectors of metallic pieces connected with New York and railroads. The exact purpose of these checks is not definitely known, but it is supposed that they were issued as a sort of metallic ticket, entitling the holder to a ride from New York City proper to Harlem. The mark of B & S N Y on the revei’se side indicates that they were made by the well-known firm of engravers, Bale & Smith, who were responsible for many of the early metallic issues in New York and vicinity that now receive so much attention from certain collectors. The metal also indicates that they were made of Feuchtwangei- silver, or copper-nickel, and probably very early in the thirties.
The New York & Harlem Railroad was granted letters of incorporation on April 25, 1831, with authority to construct a single or double track rail- way “from any point on the north bounds of Twenty-third Street to any point on the Harlem Rivei-, between the east bounds of the Third Avenue and the west bounds of Eighth Avenue, with a branch to Hudson River, be- tween 124th Street and the north bounds of 12 9th Street.” On April 6, 18 32, the charter was amended to authorize the company, with permission of the authorities of New York City, to extend its railroad “along the Fourth Avenue to Fourteenth Street.” On May 12, 1836, the company was autho- rized to unite with any railroad or canal company organized under the laws of New York State, for the purpose of constructing a railroad, at any point which the directors of the two companies might agree upon. Subsequent legislation empowered the company to extend its railroad to the City Hall. On May 7, 184 0, the company was authorized to extend its railroad from the Harlem River through the County of Westchester to a point of intersec- tion with the proposed Albany and New York Railroad. The company was also authorized to build a drawbridge across the Harlem River. In 1841 the railroad was in operation from the City Hall in New York to Fordham, a distance of thirteen miles. It was about this time that a proposition was made to the Erie Railroad by the authorities of the New York and Harlem Railroad that a branch road be constructed between the last-mentioned road and a point on the Hudson River, opposite the terminal of the Erie Railroad at Piermont, for the purpose of having direct communication between the southern counties of New York and New York City. The distance from the Harlem Railroad, in the valley of the Bronx, to the point opposite Piermont was estimated at eight and one-third miles, and the total cost of construction was estimated at $131,618.82, which would make a distance of twenty-six and one-third miles from New York to opposite Piermont. The proposition of the Harlem Railroad officials was that the Erie should construct the 8%
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miles of track and rent it to the Harlem Railroad for a term of ten or twenty years at 7 per cent, interest per annum on the cost, the track to be of the same width as the Harlem Road, and the latter to keep the track in repair. The Harlem road also offered to furnish a subscription to the Erie stock for one-third of the cost of the road, and offered the Erie “the benefit of such business as our road can furnish to your road, which will present to the pub- lic a direct railroad route from the City Hall to Goshen, a distance of sev- enty-eight and one-third miles.’’ It is needless to say that this fine proposal to place the Eiae in the possession of the privileges now enjoyed by the New York Central Railroad was rejected, although the exact reasons for its re- jection are not known. (We are indebted for the most of the above infor- mation to “The Story of the Erie,’’ by Edward Harold Mott, New York, 1908.)
The trains of the New York and Harlem Railroad were hauled by loco- motive to Twenty-sixth street, where the engines were detached and replaced by horses, which hauled the passengers the remainder of the distance to City Hall, the station being on Chambers Street.
There are three varieties of the New York & Harlem Railroad token, the first is without any countermark, the second shows a countermark on the obverse similar to a rosette, while the third shows an incused represen- tation of a dog, the latter being by far the rarest of the three varieties.
This token is included in the list of New York store cards, published by the New York Numismatic Club under No. 214.
This railroad token is not mentioned in M. Auguste Moyaux’s work on railroad medals and tokens.
An Interesting Set of Bolivian Patterns.
We are illustrating a very interesting Bolivian pattern, one of a set of five pieces, dated 1884, struck at the Potosi mint. The coin illustrated is the boliviano, equivalent in value to our dollar, and the other denominations are of fifty, twenty, ten, and five centavos. These patterns of 1884 are of the same type as the regular designs which were discontinued in 1868. All are in silver with reeded edges. Following are the descriptions.
Boliviano. Obverse. The mint mark for Potosi, the letters P T S 1 inter- laced. LA UNION ES LA FUERZA. F. E. 1884. Wreath of laurel inclosing UN BOLIVIANO. 25 GRS. 9 DS. FINO in three lines.
Reverse. Inscription REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA. Arms of Bolivia (sun behind mountains, llama in foreground) surmounted by an eagle; background of flags, cannon, bayonets, and axe; nine stars below. Reeded edge. Size 37 mm.
The obverses and reverses of the smaller denominations are identical with the above, except the legends within the wreath, which are as follows;
5 0 Centavos.
30 mm. 20 Centavos. 10 Centavos. 5 Centavos.
MEDIO BO 50 CENTS 12 GS. 500 MS 9 DS FINO.
VEINTE CENTS 9 DS FINO. Size 23 mm.
DIEZ CENTS 9 D. FINO. Size 18 mm.
CINCO CENTS, 9 D. FINO. Size 15 mm.
Size