WEEK # 351 - 323 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS

[LISA B]

 

QUESTION:

 

[font:Comic Sans MS]Which coinage that circulated in colonial America featured an anti-counterfeiting device built into it?[/font]

 

Our first place winner will receive A Hand Book of 20th Century United States Gold Coins, 1907-1933, 2nd Edition. There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details.

 

When you post your answer, only the administrators can see it. Stop back this Monday. We will make all the posts visible and announce the winners.

 

[CarolinaCollector]

A guess ... Spanish Dollar.

[AtlaZ-migration]

In early paper money in Colonial North America, one creative means of deterring counterfeiters was to print the impression of a leaf in the 20$ bill.

[physics-fan3.14]

In order that "quoine may not be counterfeited," a Virginia law of 1645 required a new design of the colony's money every year—"a new impression which shall be stampted yearly with some new ffigure"—to make it difficult for the forgers to keep up with the changes.

[rrantique]

Spanish colonial 8 reale.

[mhardin2413]

new jersey st patrick halfpenny had a brass insert.

[Schatzy]

Answer = St.Patrick Coinage - The decorative brass insert found of the coinage, usually over the crown on the obverse, was put there to make counterfeiting more difficult.

 

 

 

Other with Anti-counteiting devices

In early paper money in Colonial North America, one creative means of deterring counterfeiters was to print the impression of a leaf in the bill.

 

The intaglio design used on Indian Head quarter eagles and half eagles. The devices on these coins were recessed to try and deter counterfeiting and improve durability.

[jtryka]

I will guess the spanish milled dollar with the reeded edge.

[ritter]

i think it's the "pence" denominations.

[BigBob]

New Jersey St. Patrick or Mark Newby coinage.

a decorative brass insert found on the coinage usually over the crown on the obverse, was put there to make counterfeiting more difficult.

[walt666-migration]

Spanish Pillar Dollars were made with milled or reeded edges to deter edge scraping or clipping. These clipping could be used to plate base metal counterfeits.

Walt

[dan8402]

New Jersey copper pieces had a decorative brass insert in them to stop counterfeiting.

[LISA B]

Question:

 

Which coinage that circulated in colonial America featured an anti-counterfeiting device built into it?

 

Answer:

 

The St. Patrick farthings and halfpennies included a brass insert

 

Our first place winner Mhardin2413 has won A Hand Book of 20th Century United States Gold Coins, 1907-1933, 2nd Edition. Our runner up prize will be given to Shatzy

 

 

Please stop by this Friday for the PMG Numisma-Quest question.

 

[randy3374-migration]

Perhaps the Fugio Dollar in that it was struck of pewter, a material that was

circulated and considered worthless by the colonists. It would follow that

no one would attempt to produce copies of a pewter coin that was considered

to have no value in the first place.