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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 4014931, member: 1765&quot;]This, but the supply of coinage wasn&#039;t terribly reliable, as there was no coinage made in the colonies at that time.&nbsp; From coins.nd.edu:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The first legislation of the Massachusetts General Court regarding money, passed on March 4, 1635 stated: (quoted from Crosby, p. 26)</p><p><br /></p><p>It is ordered that hereafter farthings shall not passe for currant pay. -</p><p>It is likewise ordered, that muskett bulletts of a full boare shall passe currantly for a farthing apeece, provided that noe [i.e. no] man be compelled to take above xiid [12d, that is a shilling] att a tyme in them.</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>The farthings referred to are base metal tokens, but musket bullets had more intrinsic value, so they became <i>de facto</i> money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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