Winter Lectures to Make Heads or Tails of Colonial Numismatics

Scholars and experts will come together on three Sundays this winter to delve into the history of numismatics in early America in a winter lecture series titled “A Freshly Minted Democracy: Coins and Medals in Early America.”  The first lecture, titled “Pounds, Pence & Pistareens: The Real Story of Money in Colonial America,” will be given by Erik Goldstein, Curator of Mechanical Arts and Numismatics at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, on January 24. The second lecture, titled “From Dismes to Dollars: The Evolution of America’s Decimal Money and the US Mint,“ will be delivered by John J. Kraljevich Jr., proprietor of John Kraljevich Americana, on February 28. Anne E. Bentley, Curator of Art at the Massachusetts Historical Society, will offer the third and final lecture on March 28 titled “The Medals of the American Congress 1776-1780: A History of George Washington’s Personal Set at the Massachusetts Historical Society.”

All of the lectures will be offered at 2 p.m. at the White Church Community Center, and are free and open to the public.