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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 2, January 14, 2018, Article 9

WHERE THE 1833 LIBERIA TOKENS WERE MADE

Last week, in a side note about the 1833 Liberia token, I wrote:

A search for information on the Liberia token itself did turn up an extensive article by Randy Snyder in the September 2006 issue of Penny-Wise, the official publication of early American Coppers, Inc., but it had nothing to say about who struck the pieces

Bob Leonard writes:

You skimmed over this article too fast. See p. 208; Snyder mentions three possibilities, and John Gibbs and Co. is obviously the correct one. Snyder says that they were actually made for circulation in the United States, not Liberia; the U.S. Mint would never have gone along with that, and importing them from England makes little sense since there was a suitable maker in New Jersey.

I did read the part about their circulation in the U.S., but missed the section on their manufacture. Thanks. -Editor

American Colonization Society token description

Ed Hohertz writes:

Josef Neumann wrote about the 1833 copper cent of Liberia in his seven volume work on copper coins written in 1863 (v. III p119-20 21277). After a description of the token and a brief history of the Colony, a reference is given to Blätter für Münzkunde 1835. 1 Band. Blatt 16 which states in German: 'Diese Münze ist geschlagen in dem Dorfe Belleville, 7 Meilen von Neu York in Nordamerika, wo bedeutende Kupfer, serbergwerke und kupserwaarenfabriken sind.'

In English: 'This coin is struck in the Belleville village, 7 miles from New York in North America, where there are significant copper mine and copper goods factories.'

A search turns up a Belleville in New Jersey, just across the river from Manhattan. The mine was known as the Belleville mine at one time. The relevant article with a fascinating history is found on Wikipedia.

This indicates that the piece was indeed made in America, just not at the U.S. Mint. Very interesting! -Editor

To read the complete article, see: Schuyler Copper Mine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_Copper_Mine)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
QUERY: MINTMARKS ON U.S.-PRODUCED FOREIGN COINS (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n01a12.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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