With the kind permission of the American Numismatic Society (ANS), The Colonial Newsletter has been updated on Newman Portal through the2017 year. The completes the digitization of the "old format" Colonial Newsletter, which was succeeded by the Journal of Early AmericanNumismatics in 2018. The Journal of Early American Numismatics is capably edited by Chris McDowell and is available from the ANS on asubscription basis. The most recent issue continues the long running debate on the origin of the Continental Dollar, one of the more enduring and enigmaticquestions in American numismatics. Also included in this issue is a substantial article by Q. David Bowers on the life of John J. Ford, Jr.

Image: Continental Dollar, Newman 3-D, from Newman IV (Heritage Auctions, 5/2014), lot 30423. One of four known in silver, realized $1,410,000. Imagecourtesy of Heritage Auctions.

Link to The Colonial Newsletter on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/511327
Link to subscribe to the Journal of Early American Numismatics:
http://numismatics.org/store/cnl