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Michigan’s Copper Rush & Portage Lake Bridge Token

2014-10-25
By: Aaron Packard
On: October 25, 2014
In: Spotlight
With: 2 Comments

It was the 1843 Copper Rush on Michigan’s Keenesaw Peninsula that the towns of Hancock and Houghton owe their existence. Long known about by Native Americans for millennia, the area possessed rich deposits of copper and silver ores…Continue Reading

Attributing the 1788 Barbadoes Coppers

2013-10-13
By: Aaron Packard
On: October 13, 2013
In: Engraving, FAQs & Guides
With: 1 Comment

There exists very little documentation about the 1788 Barbadoes copper penny emissions. What does exist is scant, and from a diagnostic perspective, it is quite difficult to casually and easily attribute a specific variety when an example is encountered …Continue Reading

Fuld 160-471b Liberty For All, America

An Introduction to Patriotic Civil War Tokens

2011-07-01
By: Aaron Packard
On: July 1, 2011
In: FAQs & Guides
With: 3 Comments

Early in 1862 all United States coins disappeared from circulation. The general public, concerned about possible increases in values of all metals, began hoarding their change. First gold and silver coins disappeared from circulation.Continue Reading

The Mysterious Blacksmith Tokens of North America

2010-12-29
By: Aaron Packard
On: December 29, 2010
In: Engraving, History
With: 1 Comment

In 1910 Howland Wood published an article in The Numismatist entitled ‘The Canadian Blacksmith Coppers.’ Blacksmith Coppers are contemporary counterfeits of evasion tokens, produced from the early 19th century until about the 1840’s.Continue Reading

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