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CHALMERS, John  (active 1783) Colonial American goldsmith,
          Continental Army captain, minter, Annapolis, Maryland.
          Kenney assumed he cut his own dies but Breen states they
          were engraved by Thomas Sparrow (q.v.).
          C  O  I  N     P  A  T  T  E  R  N  S
1783 Maryland "Rings" Shilling Pattern. . . . . .  Breen 1010
1783 Maryland "Birds" Shilling Patterns . . . Breen 1011-1012
1783 Maryland Sixpence Patterns . . . . . . . Breen 1013-1017
1783 Maryland Threepence Pattern. . . . . . . . .  Breen 1018


          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S
E8  {1951} Kenney, p 7.
O12 {1988} Breen 1010-1018, p 100-101.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 14.
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