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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TJC, post: 1662365, member: 45502&quot;]Stevex, you should check out some colonials man! They are cool!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; BTW Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Ripley.&nbsp; Nice coin!&nbsp; Like the rose; it is very like the rose on a couple of Woods pattern coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Just received my Whitman Colonial coins Book!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Here is a synopsis of the, &quot;Wood&#039;s Rosa Americana Coinage 1717-1733&quot;.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Wood was a metallurgist.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">He obtained a patent from George I to produce coins for the &quot;American Plantations&quot;.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Some sat the Duchess of Kendall helped secure the patent.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">The Rosa Americana coinage was made at a time when coinage was scarce.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">The patent was for 14 years. No more than 200 tons were struck during </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">the first four years. No more than 10 tons for the next 10 years was to </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">made.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">These coins were designated for the, &quot; islands, dominions, or territories belonging to His Majesty, His heirs, or </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">His successors in America, Or any of them. &quot;The Rosa Americana coinage was given halfpenny, </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">penny, and twopence, but was only about half the weight similar English denominations.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Some coins have been found without silver in them. </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Effortswere made to circulate the coinage, but it largely rejected but did circulate. </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">These coins also circulated in England.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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