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Coinage of Americas Conference Proceedings

The Coinage of Americas Conference (COAC) Proceedings draw together like-themed research on a variety of topics in American numismatics.  Sponsored by the American Numismatic Society (ANS), the first formal conference, America's Copper Coinage, took place in 1985.  The forerunner of the series is a group of papers gathered in Studies on Money in Early America (1976).  The regular series is listed below. NNP acknowledges Mark Borckardt for contributing to the series metadata.

1985. America's copper coinage, 1783-1857. COAC no. 1.
1985. America's currency, 1789-1866. COAC no. 2.
1987. America's silver coinage, 1794-1891. COAC no. 3.
1988. (Stahl, Alan M., ed.) The medal in America. COAC no. 4.
1989. (Bischoff, William L., ed.) The coinage of El Perú. COAC no. 5.
1990. (Metcalf, William E., ed.) America's gold coinage. COAC no. 6.
1992. (Kleeberg, John M., ed.) Money of pre-federal America. COAC no. 7.
1994. (Kleeberg, John M., ed.) Canada's money. COAC no. 8.
1995. (Kleeberg, John M., ed.) America's silver dollars. COAC no. 9.
1995. (Doty, Richard G., ed.) The token: America's other money. COAC no. 10.
1996. (Mossman, Philip L., ed.) Coinage of the American confederation period. COAC no. 11.
1998. (Kleeberg, John M., ed.) America's large cent. COAC no. 12.
1999. (Stahl, Alan M., ed.) The medal in America, volume 2. COAC no. 13.
2000. (Kleeberg, John M., ed.) Circulating counterfeits of the Americas. COAC no. 14.
2006. (Doty, Richard G. and John M. Kleeberg, eds.) Money of the Caribbean. COAC no. 15.
2009. (Hoover, Oliver D., ed.) Newby's St. Patrick Coinage. COAC no. 16.

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1985

America's Copper Coinage-1783-1857: Coinage of the Americas Conference Proceedings No. 1

Articles as follows:

Adams, John – Benjamin Collins: A Brief Essay on the People and Traditions of Large Cent Collecting
Breen, Walter – Robert Scot’s Earliest Device Punches
Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira – Copper Coinage and the Monetary Economy of the Early United States
Cohen, David H. – The Randall Hoard
Cohen, Roger S., Jr. – Original and Restrike Half Cents
Ewing, George E., Jr. – Origins of Edge Lettering on Early American Copper Coinage
Gilliland, Cory – Early American Copper Coinage in Relation to the Art and Taste of the Period
Guth, Ronald J. – The Copper Coinage of Vermont
Loring, Denis W. – Emission Sequences of Early Cents
Newman, Eric P. – Circulation of Pre-U.S. Mint Copper Coins in Nineteenth Century America
Partrick, Donald G. – The Mysterious 1784 “Washington the Great” Coinage
Reiver, Jules – Attributing the Late Date Large Cents
Rubin, P. Scott – Auction Appearances and Pedigrees of the 1792 Silver Center Cent
Smith, Pete 0 United States Turban Cents, 1808-1814
Tettenhorst, R. – Overstrikes and Other Anomalies on Early Half Cents

1985

America's Currency 1789-1866: Coinage of the Americas Conference No. 2

Articles as follows:

Ball, Douglas B. – The Confederate Currency Reform of 1862
Carlson, Carl W.A. – The CSA Banking Convention of 1861 and its Delegates
Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira – An Historian’s View of the State Bank Notes: A Mirror of Life in the Early Republic
Criswell, Grover C. – Collecting Trends in Obsolete American Currency
Durand, Roger H. – An Introduction to Obsolete American Currency
Gilliland, Cory – The Financial Concerns of a Government Employee in the 1840s
Hessler, Gene – The History and Development of ‘America’ as Symbolized by an American Indian Female
Jackson, Glenn E. – The Smillie Family: Banknote Artists
Newman, Eric P. – New York City Small Change Bills of 1814-1816
Vlack, Robert – Currency in Crisis: America’s Money, 1840-1845
Williamson, Raymond H. – Lynchburg (VA) City Paper Money of 1862