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CHALMERS' TOKENS.
279
Obverse:—Equal to one Shi., above is a branch, below two hands clasped.
Legend:—I. Chalmers, Annapolis, 1783. Border:—Finely milled. Reverse:
Device,—A chain of twelve rings, linked
regularly, another ring interlinked with
the three lower rings, the middle one
supporting a staff with liberty-cap, above
which is an eye; eleven of the rings enclose
each a mullet, and at each side of the
liberty-cap is a mullet. Border:—Beaded, size, 13.
The centre of the obverse is very indistinct, but faintly shows the inscription, in three lines, " Equal to One Shi." The following are descriptions
of the more common varieties of these
tokens: Obverse:—Device,—Two hands
clasped, within a wreath. Legend:—I.
Chalmers, Annapolis. Reverse:—Device,—Within a beaded and lined circle is
a field, divided by a horizontal bar. On
the superior portion of the field is a serpent, and on the inferior, two doves
holding in their beaks a branch. Legend:—One Shilling, 1783. Borders
and edge:—Milled. Size, 14?; weight, 57 grains.
There are two dies of this reverse, not greatly differing; in the more common the bar lies between the 1ST and N, and in the rarer variety, between N
and I ; the character
following "one" also /f*3$8Q& jtP^^^, ^JBSS
differs from that of the
other, being here a group
of eight points. The
Chalmers sixpence has
on the Obverse:—Device,—A mullet, within a wreath. Legend:—I. Chalmers, Annapolis. Reverse:—Device,—A cross, with hands clasped on the
centre, two arms terminating in crescents and two in stars. In each angle
of the cross is a leaf. Legend:—I. C. Six Pence, 1783. Borders and edge:
Milled. Size, 11; weight, 28 grains. We find,
also, two dies of this reverse, differing principally in the size of the letters, but only a
single die of either of the obverses. The Chalmers Threepence—Obverse:—Device,—Two
hands clasped. Legend:—I. Chalmers, Annaps. * Reverse:—Device,—A
branch encircled by a wreath. Legend:—Three Pence, 1783. Borders
and edge:—Milled; size, 8; weight, 12 grains. It
may be that the edges were not intentionally milled,
and that this appearance arises from the manner
of cutting the planchets. Dr. John David Schoff,
who travelled in this country in 1783 and 1784, gives the following account
of the Chalmers coinage:
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000306 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHALMERS' TOKENS. 279 Obverse:—Equal to one Shi., above is a branch, below two hands clasped. Legend:—I. Chalmers, Annapolis, 1783. Border:—Finely milled. Reverse: Device,—A chain of twelve rings, linked regularly, another ring interlinked with the three lower rings, the middle one supporting a staff with liberty-cap, above which is an eye; eleven of the rings enclose each a mullet, and at each side of the liberty-cap is a mullet. Border:—Beaded, size, 13. The centre of the obverse is very indistinct, but faintly shows the inscription, in three lines, " Equal to One Shi." The following are descriptions of the more common varieties of these tokens: Obverse:—Device,—Two hands clasped, within a wreath. Legend:—I. Chalmers, Annapolis. Reverse:—Device,—Within a beaded and lined circle is a field, divided by a horizontal bar. On the superior portion of the field is a serpent, and on the inferior, two doves holding in their beaks a branch. Legend:—One Shilling, 1783. Borders and edge:—Milled. Size, 14?; weight, 57 grains. There are two dies of this reverse, not greatly differing; in the more common the bar lies between the 1ST and N, and in the rarer variety, between N and I ; the character following "one" also /f*3$8Q& jtP^^^, ^JBSS differs from that of the other, being here a group of eight points. The Chalmers sixpence has on the Obverse:—Device,—A mullet, within a wreath. Legend:—I. Chalmers, Annapolis. Reverse:—Device,—A cross, with hands clasped on the centre, two arms terminating in crescents and two in stars. In each angle of the cross is a leaf. Legend:—I. C. Six Pence, 1783. Borders and edge: Milled. Size, 11; weight, 28 grains. We find, also, two dies of this reverse, differing principally in the size of the letters, but only a single die of either of the obverses. The Chalmers Threepence—Obverse:—Device,—Two hands clasped. Legend:—I. Chalmers, Annaps. * Reverse:—Device,—A branch encircled by a wreath. Legend:—Three Pence, 1783. Borders and edge:—Milled; size, 8; weight, 12 grains. It may be that the edges were not intentionally milled, and that this appearance arises from the manner of cutting the planchets. Dr. John David Schoff, who travelled in this country in 1783 and 1784, gives the following account of the Chalmers coinage: |
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