A decent example of this Colonial Issue. It was originally intended for Ireland but they rejected it. It was then sent to what became the American Colonies. It’s dated 1723 and known as the second type.
I like these. Quite a story behind them, reads like a soap opera. The coiner, William Wood obtained the contract to mint the coins by paying off the King's mistress! They seem to have circulated pretty heavily in the colonies judging by the number found by metal detectorists.
It's ironic, the pieces made for Ireland weren't popular there but circulated in the American colonies, and the Rosa Americana pieces William Wood made weren't popular in the American colonies for which they were intended. In the end the whole endeavor didn't work out too well for him.
