Colonial America is probably thought by most Coin World readers to mean the territory of the modern United States in the era before 1776, or 1781, or 1784.

Family holdings, long off the market await rediscovery. Long-held, semi-forgotten great collections are the stuff of numismatic dreams.

Jefferson thought the cent could be the smallest denomination, but he left the door open for something smaller, taking a cue from the coins then in circulation.

Looking back at the latest Colo­nial Coin Collectors Club con­vention, a can’t miss event for enthusiasts of America’s pre-federal coinage.

Colonial coins won't form a collection of perfect, lustrous gems, but their flaws sure reveal a great story about how they got here.

The attraction that brings tourists to New England in the fall also appears on the longest-running series of coins struck in colonial New England: trees.

North America's powerful 18th century economy brought in the world's gold coins. Worn pre-1776 English guineas may have seen an American pocket or two.

Changes in the designs of coins and paper currency are well-chronicled today, but not much was written to explain some Colonial coinage changes.

Close your eyes and imagine a coin that circulated in pre-Federal America. Now picture the coins in the hands of a person preparing to spend it.

The 1757 Quaker peace medal was presented at the signing of the Treaty of Easton between the Quaker Party and Pennsylvania Indians, a policy change.