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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 7432384, member: 12789"][ATTACH=full]1290049[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Until a couple of weeks ago my oldest coin struck for the British North American colonies, this is actually a pattern penny - the rose in the reverse has more pellets in the centre than the coin struck for circulation - but this coin managed to slip into circulation. These coins were struck in bronze by patent granted to William Wood who also struck the Hibernia farthings and halfpennies in 1722-4.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were remarkably unpopular in the American colonies - Massachusetts-Bay and New Jersey banned their usage and Massachusetts-Bay even issued small change notes in 1d, 2d and 3d.</p><p><br /></p><p>No further issues of coins specifically minted for the colonies resulted until the 1773 Virginia halfpenny. Many of the 1749 regal farthings and halfpennies were sent to America though - one of the few times the crown actually supplied full weight coinage to the colonies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Money was a significant contributor to the American Revolution - money was always in short supply in the American colonies, and when it did come it went right back to Britain in trade. As a result the colonies started issuing their own monies beginning in Massachusetts-Bay in 1652 with the New England silver issues. In 1690 Massachusetts-Bay issued paper money, and paper money issues were a major problem for the British crown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 7432384, member: 12789"][ATTACH=full]1290049[/ATTACH] Until a couple of weeks ago my oldest coin struck for the British North American colonies, this is actually a pattern penny - the rose in the reverse has more pellets in the centre than the coin struck for circulation - but this coin managed to slip into circulation. These coins were struck in bronze by patent granted to William Wood who also struck the Hibernia farthings and halfpennies in 1722-4. These coins were remarkably unpopular in the American colonies - Massachusetts-Bay and New Jersey banned their usage and Massachusetts-Bay even issued small change notes in 1d, 2d and 3d. No further issues of coins specifically minted for the colonies resulted until the 1773 Virginia halfpenny. Many of the 1749 regal farthings and halfpennies were sent to America though - one of the few times the crown actually supplied full weight coinage to the colonies. Money was a significant contributor to the American Revolution - money was always in short supply in the American colonies, and when it did come it went right back to Britain in trade. As a result the colonies started issuing their own monies beginning in Massachusetts-Bay in 1652 with the New England silver issues. In 1690 Massachusetts-Bay issued paper money, and paper money issues were a major problem for the British crown.[/QUOTE]
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