NEW YORK’S COINS OF EARLY AMERICA

CASTORLAND MEDAL 1796:  In 1792 the Royalists left France to start up a New French-American Colony in upper N.W. New York State along the Beaver River
& called it Castorland (Castor means Beaver in French). Once the French were established they suffered many epidemics & severe winters in the first years of the colony, many died or moved away.  Soon nothing remained except for the name.  The land was eventually sold to American Colonists who made the land prosper.
IMMUNIS COLUMBIA 1787:  James F. Atlee designed & coined these for a contract of coinage for the Confederation.  When they were accepted they circulated at 14 to the shilling.  “E. Pluribus Unum” means One
Composed of Many.  
GEORGE CLINTON 1787:  Earned his way into politics by serving in the French & Indian War & also as a member of the Continental Congress.  In 1775, when the Revolution began he accepted a post of Brigadier General
in the Cont. Army.   He was one of the most Popular Politicians in Early America.  He was the First Governor of New York, and nick-named “The Old Incumbent” because of his many years as NY.s Governor from 1777-1795 & again in 1801-1804.  In 1804, Thomas Jefferson chose him for his Vice-President which he served one term & one term for James Madison as Vice President.  He died in 1812.
INDIAN ARMS 1787:  The NY Assembly passed the only bill pertaining to coinage in April 1787, which regulated the value of copper coinage & established counterfeiting as
a felony.
BRASHER’S GOLD DOUBLOOON:  Ephraim Brasher, a NYC Goldsmith & Jeweler designed this Gold piece, which was struck in 1787.  The colonists had little need for coinage greater than copper & silver, but businesstransactions in larger cities did require Gold.  This coin weighed 408 grams & was worth $16.00 at that time.
The Brasher Half-Doubloon was struck from the same die but on a smaller, thinner scale.
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GOLD DOUBLOON COIN SET
Hernan Cortez conquered Mexico in 1519, & forced the people, mostly native Indians to work mining both Gold & Silver.  Both metals were mined by the tons, refined & cast into bars.  They were also formed into coins of specific weights & sizes.  Irregular shapes of some gold doubloons were made from crude dies.  They were struck manually by heavy hammers, from slices of cast round bars, then trimmed to their proper weight.  Other doubloons were produced by mechanical means, by being formed into rolled sheets & pressed.  These coins were uniform in shape & size. The ship in this set is the East Indiaman the largest of all Merchant Ships.  They ranged in size from 500 to 1200 tons.
These coins are Replicas, cast in lead-free pewter & gold finished
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MASSACHUSETTS COIN SET 1652-1787
In the New England settlements, corn, pelts and bullets were frequently offered in lieu of coins. Currency brought over from England, Holland and other countries tended to flow back across from the Atlantic for much needed supplies. With England plaqued by a civil war between the Puritans and the Royalists ignored the colonists request for a standard coinage. The general court in 1652 ordered the first metallic currency in the English Americas. All coins are stamped copy and are plated to match their original appearance.
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION COIN SET 1776 Long before the American Revolution the colonist felt the need and want to produce their own coins and tokens, to be free of the British. During the American Revolution many coins were minted by different states. Here are just a few reproductions, cast, stamped copy and plated to match their original appearance.
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