As a student of history I have always loved colonial coins. I just added this one to my collection last night. These are sellers pics so the wait for it to arrive has begun. If you want to share yours I am always interested to see what people on this forum have
I just checked, I have a 1787 CONNECTICUT COLONIAL, that I got in 2008. I wonder where it is. hmmmmmm...
Sometimes it’s better than a coin-A 15 Shillings Note dated October 1773 with Serial Number 22302, a Pennsylvania Colonial Note.
Nice addition. As one who collects the coinage of Ireland, where this was struck for use in commerce, I have several George II and George III. They are relatively inexpensive and plentiful which make them perfect for a collector of colonial coinage.
This Hibernia cost me all of $7. It was marked as an “Irish Halfpenny” on the flip and in a half-price box from $14. I know there are documented varieties but I haven’t attributed this one, and would greatly appreciate if someone could. My only Colonial Note. I bought an IHC for $21 before a show, sold it for $75 at that show, and used my profit to acquire this note.
I am with you! These are a really neat part of history in my view as well. I have some colonials that I have always really liked and was curious as to how a professional would view their condition (also had minor concerns about the authenticity of one - the Rosa Americana) so I submitted the best of them with my latest bunch to ICG on the Cointalk special, and was very pleasantly surprised with what came back, and especially appreciative of the variety attribution (I have ordered a used copy of the Breen Encyclopedia to further my own education). Note that none of these were very expensive, final picture is them in my new Lighthouse binder album that I love (I saw someone else using those here and I have adopted a few of them for use):
Ah, I remember it well we were striking coins on the anvil in 1624. What? mom wants me, okay I'm coming. I'll have to finish the story later sorry.
I've got a bunch, but technology is not my friend so no way to post pictures. I am approaching 60 Connecticut copper varieties, and 30 or so New Jerseys, and good sampling of type coins, the different denominations of Rosa Americanas, Hibernias, one oak and one pine tree shilling, St. Patrick farthing, the list goes on and on! They are definitely addicting!
@l.cutler, please get your kids or grandkids to help you so we can see your collection. Last Wednesday night at my Local Coin Club meeting, a member showed a small planchet Pine Tree shilling that had been uniformly clipped circumferentially. That's what the PCGS slab said. They gave it a grade of Fine - Details. A neat coin and lots of oohs and aahs! Last year another member showed his collection of raw colonials and when I asked if he was interested in selling any of them, he replied: "Ask me when I'm closer to being dead." I took that as a "no." (Note that I have placed the period inside the quotation marks to satisfy some of our members that inherited the schoolmarm gene.
The Hibernia is 4.93-Gc.21 an R5 variety in Syd Martin's book on the series. I think Hibernias are a bit underrated as colonial coins, they seem to show up relatively frequently as metal detecting finds.
I have to admit though that in my case quantity eclipses quality. While I do have a few choice, higher grade pieces there is something about the crude way these coins were produced and the part they played in our early history that makes me cherish the lower grade "challenged" pieces just as much.
Massachusetts silver was the most successful prior to the revolution. Two private individuals, John Hull and Robert Sanderson, issued these coins based upon an charter they received from the Massachusetts General Court, which was the ruling body for the colony. The Massachusetts silver was issued from 1652 to 1682. The four types were the NE coinage, the Willow Tree, Oak Tree and Pine Tree series. Here are the three Pine Tree denominations. The three pence. The six pence. All of the examples of this variety were struck off-center. And the large size Pine Tree Shilling