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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1661814, member: 12789&quot;]I cannot think of any other coins issued prior in the N. American colonies that had the word America on them.&nbsp; William Wood was tended the patent on these coins and even struck up some patterns for them this one of which somehow managed to find it&#039;s way into circulation at some point:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/usa/images/rosaamericanapenny1723.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a penny from 1723 that I picked up at auction last year, it is a rare subvariety that has 24 pellets in the centre of the rose instead of the normal 15.&nbsp; It is conjectured to have been a pattern coin that the dies of which were determined not to be suitable for actual coining - no doubt because of the detail in the pellets that could have caused problems with striking and or die breakdown.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a beaten up tupence that I have to image sometime.</p><p><br /></p><p>William Wood also coined the &quot;Hibernia&quot; coppers for Ireland - which like the Rosa Americana coins were rejected by the local populace and guess what - were sent to that backwater colony of America across the water - where again like the Rosa pieces were rejected in most colonies:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/ireland/georgeiihalfpenny1723.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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