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Colonial Coins COLONIAL COINS VIRGINIA HALFPENNY NEW YORK COPPER 1783 WASHINGTON DRAPED BUST *1 *5 WITH COLLAR BUTTON 1738, Virginia. Copper. Bust of George III facing 1787, New York. Copper. Bust facing left on *9 right. Extremely Fine. Some corrosion and pitting obverse, seated figure facing left on reverse. A 1783. United States. Scarcer type of this coin with on obverse. Couple of rim problems. A fine inex- nice moderate grade “NOVA EBORAC” with a the button on the drapery at neck. Fine. pensive example. touch of red color. $150 - up $125 - 175 $325 - 375 NEW JERSEY COPPER VERMONT BRITANNIA WASHINGTON LIBERTY & *2 *6 SECURITY PENNY 1788, New Jersey. Copper. Large planchet. Maris 1787, Vermont. Copper. Bust facing right on *10 67-V. Very Good. Horse’s head facing right on obverse, seated figure facing left on reverse. A 1795. Undated Liberty and Security penny. The obverse with the words “NOVA CAESAREA” (New very slight planchet clip at 8 o’clock. A decent rim is marked “An asylum for the oppress’d of All Jersey) . These coins were passed as 15 to a shilling. example in Fine condition with a typically weak Nations”. Near EF. Nice shield detail remains on reverse. Granular sur- reverse. $275 - 325 face. A nice, inexpensive example of an early New $225 - 275 Jersey Copper. $100 - 150 1721 H FRENCH COLONIES A NICE NCG GRADED *11 WASHINGTON LARGE EAGLE COPPER NEW JERSEY COPPER 1721 – H. Authorized by an edict of Louis XV *7 dated June 1721, these coins were only unoffi- *3 1791, United States. One cent. Bust portrait of cially circulated in Louisiana and other French 1788, New Jersey. Copper. Large Planchet. Maris Washington facing left on obverse, Large eagle colonies. Fine. 62 Q. Very Fine. Horse’ head facing right on on reverse. In an NCG holder graded VF 25. A $175 - 225 obverse. Curved Plow Beam. Large Planchet with nice coing with pleasing eye appeal. a Plain Shield. A nice, smooth planchet with a $600 - 700 couple of small rim bruises, one at twelve o,clock and one at one o’clock. $450 - 500 1785 NOVA CONSTELLATION WITH POINTED RAYS 1787 MASSACHUSETTS *12 HALF CENT CONNECTICUT COPPER 1785, United States. “US” encircle with a wreath. *8 Struck in Birminham, England, these coins were *4 1787, Massachusetts. Half cent. Ryder 5-A. Indian shipped to New York where they entered circula- 1787, Connecticut. Copper. Bust facing left. A with a bow and arrow on obverse, spread eagle tion. They appear to have been a private coinage nice example of this coin in Fine condition. A on reverse. A clean VF example. venture undertaken by Robert Morris, Gouvernor very slightly granular surface. Slightly off center $425 - 500 Morris, John Rucker and William Constable. Very strike. Fine 35. $225 - 275 $400 - 450 Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc. 1 1793 WASHINGTON SHIP HALFPENNY 1787 FUGIO CENT - THE FIRST COIN 1787 MACHIN’S MILLS HALFPENCE *13 ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE *17 1793. Washington bust facing left on obverse, UNITED STATES 1787. 17-87A. Half penny. Georgivs/Brittania. ship on reverse. Lettered edge “Payable in *15 Often referred to as Imitation British Halfpence as Angelsey, London or Liverpool”. Medium die 1787. United States. 18H R6. Thirteen linked states they were actually minted in New York state at state with a slight bend in the planchet at two encirling “We Are One”. Sundial and Sun with the Machin’s Mills. This was the most commonly used o’clock. VF-30. word “Fugio” and “Mind Your Business”. The leg- coin for small transactions in early America. Fine. $400 - 450 ends on these coins have been credited to $175 - 250 Benjamin Franklin. Fine to Very Fine. $500 - 600 1788 MASSACHUSETTS CENT R10-L. *14 1778 MACHIN’S MILLS 1788, Massachusetts. One cent. Indian with bow HALFPENCE and arrow on obverse, eagle on reverse. A nice *16 example. EF. 1778. 11-78A. Half penny. Georgivs/Brittania. $500 - 600 Often referred to as Imitation British Halfpence as they were actually minted in New York state at Machin’s Mills. This was the most commonly used coin for small transactions in early America. Very Good. $100 – 125 HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS A RARE, EARLY COLONIAL NEW YORK unto Obadiah Holmes of the same Island all my house DOCUMENT SIGNED BY PROVINCIAL & land wch. I have of Peter Bellow, During my life, SECRETARY MATTHIAS NICHOLS with all & Singular ( ) belonging unto the same as also twenty two heads of Cattle wch. I have & am now pos- *18 sessed of upon the Island to be his own free & propber MATTHIAS NICHOLLS (1626 – 1687?). estate to be as jointly possessed of the same at the sd. Provincial Secretary of New York. Born in Signing and sealing here of in Consideration of the Plymouth England, he was selected to serve as sec- above ( ) said Obadiah Holems dose promise ( ) & bind retary by Samuel Maverick while who was one of my self to give & pay or Cause to ( ) aid unto ( ) above the Royal Commissioners investigating conditions Ambrose Sutton: yearly during his life ( ) Date hereof ( in New England. Accompanying the commission ) some of sixteen pounds of good & Marchantable pay to New England which was headed by appointed of this Cuntry: Fourty ( ) Ambrose doth promise & give Governor Richard Nicolls (no relation) they were unto ( ) said Obadiah Holmes what ( ) of sid sixteen assigned the task of “wresting” the province of pounds by ( ) shall no have any Occasion to make use New York from the Dutch. Matthias held the posi- of or to expend yearly during his life: to ( ) of wch. tion of provincial secretary continuously until Agreement ( ) said Obadiah Holmes doth bind my selfe 1680 except the short period of 1674-75 when the my heires, Exuctrs. & Administraors firmly by these Dutch briefly reoccupied New York. He served presents & in testimony hereof I have herewith sett my twice as Mayor of New York City, 1671-72 and hadn & seale this sixth of Sept. 1676. Obadiah again in 1674-75. He is widely know as “the prin- Holmes” cipal author of the legal code known as the Entered in the book of Records of Wills July 8th, ‘Duke’s Laws’ promulgated by Governor Nicholls 1678. Matthias Nicolls, Secry. in 1665.” While family lore indicates that Nicholls died in 1687, his name appears on a list of The docket states “Ambrose Sutton Agreement with appointees to a special court of oyer and terminer Obediah Holmes who is admitted Administrator upon in New York in 1688. his will. Gravesend, June, 1678.” Folds. Fine. Document Signed. 1 page. 7 3/4” x 12 1/2”.Sept. $1,500 - up 6, 1676. An estate is bequeathed. “Know all men by these presents I J. Ambrose Sutton Late Inhabitant of ( ) in New Jersey & now in habi- tant of Staten Island have freely given and bequeaths 2 To place bids call toll free 800-225-6233 or E-mail your bids to [email protected] A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EARLY DOCUMENT SIGNED BY QUEEN ANNE IN WHICH SHE APPROVES THE USE OF THE PROVINCIAL SEAL OF NEW HAMP- SHIRE FOR USE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE *19 QUEEN ANNE (1665 – 1714). A superb document signed. Two pages. 7 3/4” x 12”. Windsor Castle, October 29, 1709. Queen Anne forwards the seal of the Province of New Hampshire and authorizes its use on official docu- ments of the Province. To governor Joseph Dudley; “To our trusty and well beloved Joseph Dudley Esqr. Our Captain General and Commander in Chief of Our Province of New Hampshire in New England in America, and to Our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province for the time being Greeting. With this you will receive a Seal prepared by Our Order for the Use of Our Government fo New Hampshire, which seal is Engraved with our Arms, Garter, Supporters, Motto and Crown, with this Inscription round the same Siq. Provinciae Nostrae Nova Hamptonia in America. And our will and pleasure is, and Wee do hereby authorized you and Our Lieutenant Governor or Commander in chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire for the time bing to affix the said seal to all Patents and Grants of Lands, and to all Publick Acts and Instruments of Government, which shall be made and passed in Our name within our said Province, and that it be to all intents and purposes of the same force and validity as any former seal appointed for the Publick use of the Government in our said Province hath heretofore been. And we further will and require you upon the receipt of the said seal to cause the former seal to be broke before you in Counci, and then to transmit the said for- mer seal so broken to Our Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, to be laid before Us in Council as Usual Given at Our Castle of Windsor the 29th Day of Octobr. 1709 In the Eight Year of Our Reign. By her Majesty’s Command, Sunderland.” New Hampshire was made a separate Province by King Charles II in 1680 and provincial documents from New Hampshire history of this period have remained quite rare. This is, perhaps the finest and most important New Hampshire colonial document to come to market in recent years. $15,000 – up Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc. 3 AN EXTREMELY RARE COLONIAL NEW YORK LAND A RARE, EARLY COLONIAL GRANT FOR STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK WILL SIGNED BY LANDS SIGNED BY PROVINCIAL SECRETARY GOVERNOR SIR EDMUND MATTHIAS NICHOLS ANDROS *21 *20 MATTHIAS NICHOLLS (1626 – SIR EDMUND ANDROS (1637 – 1687?). Provincial Secretary of New York. Born in Plymouth England, 1714).
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