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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neil in WJ, post: 1254616, member: 18478&quot;]I know that this post is quite a few months old, but I just came across it so I thought I would comment.&nbsp; That is a great coin for sure, however I have doubts regarding the actual history of these coins in NJ, vs. what is written in the coin and history books.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no doubt that these coins were legal tender in New Jersey, however I do have doubts if these coins actually ever made it into circulation.&nbsp; Historic accounts of the circulation of the St. Patrick farthings and halfpenny claim that these coins were popular with the colonists and the coin circulated well into the 19th century.&nbsp; As an experienced metal detecting enthusiast, I have seen thousands of coins which were dug from the soils of New Jersey, as well as the other original colonies.&nbsp; I am only aware of one St. Patrick coin being dug on this side of the pond, and that was more than ten years ago.&nbsp; If this coin was as popular as is written, it would be likely that they would turn up on old farm fields or colonial homesteads that instead product hundreds of King George I, II and III,&nbsp; Hibernia Coppers, William III and even William and Mary coppers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is my opinion, as well as many other colonial coin collectors, that although these coins were deemed legal tender by the New Jersey Legislature in 1682, that the majority of these coins never made it into the hands of the public.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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