The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 20, May 13, 2001, Article 3

TOBACCO COLONIES COINAGE 

   Colonial Newsletter editor Phil Mossman writes: "Issue #116 
   [April 2001] of The Colonial Newsletter has been distributed 
   to subscribers.  This number features an extensive study by 
   Thomas A. Kays of Alexandria, Virginia, on Spanish pistareens 
   uncovered in hoards and by metal detectors within the 
   "Tobacco Colonies."  He has gathered a study collection of 
   199 examples of either cut or whole coins which he analyzes 
   in detail in his 30-page article.  This work is a valuable 
   resource for those interested in 18th century Spanish coins 
   and in the money of pre-Federal America.   He emphasizes 
   the fact that pistareens and their fractional and cut parts 
   formed  an important segment of early American currency 
   and as such deserve to be included in collections spanning 
   that time frame." 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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