The history and coinage of Machin's mills
2020
737.49 H855 2020 MB
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Title
The history and coinage of Machin's mills
Published
Sheridan, MI : The Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2020
Description
x, 286 p. : colored ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
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737.49 H855 2020 MB
Summary
Thomas Machin was in charge of the Hudson River defenses during the revolutionary war. After the war he struck various types of coppers at his mint near Newburgh, N.Y. from mid-1787 into 1790. Many of the imitation British half pence that he struck are contemporary with the year they were made ... In addition to minting imitation British halfpence ...Machin also struck unauthorized coppers ... Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey ...--Back cover.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-283) and index.|Chapter 1. "Who was Thomas Machin?" (p. 11-30); Chapter 3. "The manufactory of hard-ware" (p. 43-58): discusses Machin's partners, including James Giles, David Brooks and James Grier (four were all original members of the Society of the Cincinnati).|L2021M35
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