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[146?] Copper Coins, 42 Plated, and 2 Silver Coins, all of which pass in Germany

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 28, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 33

Additional Source Text:

The donor was "of Cootstown" [Kutztown, Pa.]

Notes:

The donor was probably German-born physician Christian Ludwig Schlemm (1776-1850), although he is said to have settled in Kutztown in 1818. See Morton Luther Montgomery, History of Berks County in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1886), p. 596.