When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be ...
Award-winning numismatist Philip I. Mossman will present a program on “The Money of Colonial Virginia” 7 p.m. February 13 and 20 at the R. R. Smith Center in Staunton. The presentations are part of ...
Tobacco being loaded onto ships in the James River, Virginia, circa 1661. Money, or the lack thereof, was a persistent problem in colonial America. The colonists were under the control of Great ...