After writing about James Longacre, I kind of wondered why I started with the third chief engraver and that led me to look at earlier engravers and mint principles. Then I wondered about who was the Hull in the Hull mint, as it was the first mint in our colonial national history. I was surprised to find that information on this subject is not especially easy to obtain without access to an academic library. And access to an academic library is forbidden to the public during this peculiar time. So left to the Hoi Polloi at this time are the few sources that that can be gleaned from the internet. This is one I would like to delve in even deeper.

The French 20 Franc Rooster coin, designed by, Jule-Clement Chaplin, is a very popular series to collect. All of these coins were minted in Paris. It contains 0.1867 oz of 0.900 fine gold. It is 21 mm in diameter and 1.3 mm in thickness. It weighs 5.8 grams.

Happy New Year (I hope....)!!   So today I have begun to set some numismatic goals for myself for the coming year. I decided that if I had some goals defined, my collecting wouldn't be so scattered all over the place. So with no further ado, here are my plans.....