The Colonial kick continues this month with a 1788 druids head half penny.

Nothing fantastic but a good pickup for $10
Anglesey Mines 1788 druid head half penny token

 

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Dang...from where, if I may ask.

 

nice score. congrats

 

Wow Nice coin! I haven't seen one of before so I did a search :http://rarecoinsandtokens.co.uk/ind... Druids,above, 1 slightly to left of second N.

 

ebay snipe but if you're asking for the Coins "source" they come from the UK, Wales to be specific

 

Wow $10 . They sell for more. Nice pick up

 

well more like 16 once you add in shipping but i getting used to paying out at least 5 over price for shipping but I don't count it in the coin price

 

What's it's story ?

 

This is the best article about them I've found so far
https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/cd144e28-d625-33fc-bb67-9ae24bbe5b73

On a side note: not mentioned in the article, but more then a few of these made it over to the US during those years because of a shortage of small coinage... (same reason most of the other us tokens exist lol)

 

This is why I hate you-guys... Now I'll start looking for one of these.

 

Hey I warned you Colonial Copper was very very addictive

 

I feel your pain....

 

colonial era, but not a colonial coin.

 

no, not a colonial coin in a true sense but my grandmother had one in that button box of hers (which is why it caught my eye) with a dozen vocs and other odd coins.... and i swear a damn bar penny.. i know and posted a link to the coins story, and i don't doubt more then a few managed to make the trip across the pond at some point. Was it imported at some point to the US to help with our coin shortage? To quote the article "the sales of copper were, by 1787, beginning to slow down and selling "Druids" to other industrialists was a great way of increasing turnover." Considering the "then" american coin shortage would it be surprising if a few casks worth made it here? (via canada maybe?)

What i would really kill to know is what happened to Memere's button box!!! lol

 

The problem with using them in the US is what would they equate to? Even the smaller half pennies would be nearly twice the weight of the state coppers and even more so the light weight counterfeit regal half pence. The Druid one penny coins would have nothing even close

 

Nice Conder token, but I think it's a stretch to suggest it could be considered as a colonial

 

Can you imagine walking into a store with these "lunkers'' loaded up in you pocket ? Were these actually used for commerce ?

 

I’ve never read that these were used for commerce in the colonial US, nor would I consider these as such.

Here are my two examples:

Purchased raw, now graded NGC MS63RB