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Joseph Holt Ingraham (February 10, 1752 – October 30, 1841) [1] was an American silversmith and businessman based in Portland, Maine.He was responsible for laying out Portland's State Street, now part of Maine State Route 77.
He trained as a silversmith and became a successful business owner in Philadelphia, selling both his own wares and imported fine goods, and prominent in local society. From 1810 to 1814 he partnered with his sons, Michael and Thomas Anthony, as J. Anthony & Sons. He was one of the original subscribers to the Philadelphia City Dancing Assembly Fund.
French coins with a purity of 11/12 parts silver and marked 11 OZ are 91.6% silver. Spanish coins with a purity of 10.15/12 parts silver are marked 10.15 and have a purity of 84.6% silver. S. Kirk & Son first made 925/1000 silver in the year 1886. They produced Coin and 925 silver until 1896, when they dropped the Coin silver from the line.
Philip Syng Jr. historical marker at S. Front near Market Sts. Philadelphia PA Philip Syng (September 29, 1703 – May 8, 1789) was, like his namesake father, Philip Syng, Sr. (1676–1739), a renowned silversmith who created fine works in silver and sometimes gold for the wealthy families of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
Silver in Maryland: Catalogue and Exhibition, Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, Museum and Library of Maryland History, Maryland Historical Society, 1983, page 43. American Silversmiths and Their Marks, Volume 3, Stephen Guernsey Cook Ensko, 1927, pages 73, 186. Kovels' American Silver Marks, Ralph M. Kovel, Crown Publishers, 1989, page 185.
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The scarcity of coin currency was a problem for the growth of the New England economy. On May 27, 1652, the Massachusetts General Court appointed John Hull, a local silversmith, to be Boston's mint master without notifying or seeking permission from the British government. Coins were issued in denominations of 3 and 6 pence and 1 shilling.
Lewis Fueter (1746–1784), born Ludwig Anton Fueter, was an American silversmith, active in New York City. Feuter's father was silversmith Daniel Christian Fueter, and he was born in Bern, Switzerland, before the family emigrated. They arrived in New York City circa 1754, where his father established a shop. It seems likely that he worked in ...