Just updated, looks like he squeaked by.

Jacksonian America would have loved world turtle day!

Equally comforting and depressing that we're dealing with the same shit 225 years later.

"Art is when there's butts"

Beard hair on a 1929 coin photo. I know that feeling...

#coins #numismatics

After several years of research, writing, and generally sacrificing both my eyesight and sanity, my next paper on Liberian coins has finally been published! The paper covers the 1847 and 1862 coinage, as well as related patterns. Find it in the 2024 issue of the American Journal of Numismatics!

Fascinating example of die repair at the Port au Prince mint. Traces of the die break persist in the reworked die at the top of the 1.

I have exactly one boy bishop token, dated by Mitchiner & Skinner to the revival of the institution under Mary.

I just acquired this lovely Haitian centime from the first year of issue for that denomination. I had only three recorded in my study, with two of them in museum collections. Both this and the 2 centime denomination for this year are rare today, yet exhibit some major die breaks.

Hello BlueSky! If you're following me, I hope you're interested in numismatics. I'm a cataloger at Classical Numismatics Group, where I work with world and British coins. My personal research is on Liberian and Haitian coins, Roman lead tokens, and coins/tokens from the private mint in Belleville NJ

Proof coins: the NFTs of the 1970s

And on an Ephesian token, flanked by a dolphin and an eel

Found a description of myself in the Roman Republican Die Project.

The notes themselves are interesting as well. All depict strongly American themes, particularly the $3 with a central vignette of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and portraits of Washington and ACS President Henry Clay.

Well this is fascinating. Currency of Liberia under the Commonwealth was officially camwood and ivory from 1840 to 1841. The notes issued by the ACS Board of Directors at this time were redeemable in these materials.

The delight of finding a map that you'd never before seen! On this 1850 map of Essex County, NJ, the "Mill" on the lower right is that of Stephens & Sons. By this point they were primarily engaged in manufacturing foudrinier wire mesh for use in paper making.

This weekend, I'll be working on edits for my next paper on the #coins of #Liberia, focusing on the 1847 and 1862 dated coppers. Engraved by William Taylor, many high-grade restrikes were later made for collectors, like this specimen at the tail end of the sequence.

Just saw this wonderful 1810s unissued banknote for the Newark Banking Company. The vignette likely depicts the brownstone quarries along what is today Bloomfield Avenue.

I think my next project might be exploring Haitian coinage under J.P. Boyer. There seems to be some wonderful variety in the series that is all but unexplored. #numismatics #coins