Newman Portal Adds Virginia Coinage Newsletter

Published by Bill Veach from 1990-1993, the Generation Newsletter featured content related to the Virginia 1773 halfpence. Veach outlined the rationale in the initial solicitation: "The 'Generation' is a select group of Colonial Virginia Halfpenny collectors, recently organized in Vienna, VA to protect the integrity and to promote the welfare of these 217 year old specimens of American history. Being the very first authorized (legal) coinage in the American monetary system, it is imperative that they be more widely recognized as such."

Veach distributed the Newsletter privately and included content related to varieties, rarity, pricing, collecting approaches, and member profiles. Veach produced nearly all the copy himself, and ended publication in 1993 by noting that the Newsletter had fulfilled its primary objective to "promote the welfare" of the 1773 halfpence.

As a coda, Veach produced a single issue in 2005 under the title New Generation Newsletter, which was likely inspired by the April 2005 issue of the Colonial Newsletter that included an article by Roger Moore, Alan Anthony, and Eric Newman on Virginia halfpence die varieties. NNP acknowledges Roger Moore for lending his file of the Veach newsletters.

Image:1773 Virginia Halfpenny, Period, Newman 26-Y. MS64 Brown NGC. Ex. Newman IX (Heritage Auctions, November 2017), lot 15210, realized $1,560.

Link to the Generation Newsletter on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/531574

Link to the Colonial Newsletter on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/511327