Colonial Coins
Your Source for Colonial Coin Information
Click on any of the major colonial coin series below and you'll find historical information and general comments, links to relevant sub-types and denominations and ultimately to listings of specific coins and (where appropriate) die varieties.
For ease of use, we have adopted the colonial coin categories and order of presentation used by the Redbook and the major grading services, and which are thus familiar to the majority of today's collectors.
Categories
- Spanish Pillar Coinage
- Sommer Islands
- New England
- Willow Tree
- Oak Tree
- Pine Tree
- Maryland Lord Baltimore
- St. Patrick Coins
- American Plantation Tokens
- Rosa Americana
- Hibernia
- Virginia
- Elephant Tokens
- New Yorke in America
- Gloucester Tokens
- Higley Coppers
- Voce Populi
- Pitt Tokens
- Rhode Island Ship Medals
- Chalmers
- French Colonies
- Nova Constellatio
- Immune Columbia
- Immunis Columbia
- Confederatio
- Speculative Patterns
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts Coppers
- Connecticut
- Brasher Doubloons
- Non Vi Virtute Vici
- New York Excelsior
- George Clinton
- New York Indian
- Machin's Mills
- Nova Eborac
- New Jersey
- Vermont Coppers
- North American
- Bar Copper
- Auctori Plebis
- Mott Token
- Standish Barry
- Albany Church Penny
- Kentucky Token
- Franklin Press Token
- Talbot, Alum & Lee Cents
- Myddelton Tokens
- Castorland Medals
- Theatre at New York
- Texas Jola
- North West Company
- Washington Pieces
- Continental Dollars
- Fugio
What is a 'Colonial Coin'?
'Colonial Coin' is shorthand for the myriad state, pre-federal, private and foreign coinage issues which circulated in early America.
How Do People Collect Colonials?
There are as many ways to collect as there are collectors.
Thoughts on Grading
Colonial coin grading is a rather controversial topic, as it is in the field of early US copper coins, with two widely divergent thought groups - those that favor traditional standards, and those that favor third party grading.
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Colonial Coin Values
How Do I Learn More?
In addition to poring through the information on this site, you could check out some of the excellent references which are available on the various colonial series.
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