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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jimski, post: 2968925, member: 77373&quot;]1722 Wood’s Rosa Americana Halfpenny, Type: Uncrowned Rose on Reverse, Martin 3.3-C1, rarity R5/rare, composition - bath metal claimed by many sources, but Red Book claims it is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>The oldest coin in my British Empire collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rosa Americana coins were minted by William Wood, an Englishman and owner of copper and tin mines, and a metallurgist.&nbsp; These coins were only intended for circulation in the American Colonies.</p><p><br /></p><p>My poor, dear Rosa.&nbsp; I bought this coin because I thought that the bubbly appearance was an example of Wood’s difficulty controlling his minting process.&nbsp;&nbsp; More about the appearance of my Rosa at</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/some-wood%E2%80%99s-rosa-americana-coins-have-blistered-bubbly-surfaces-%E2%80%A6-they-were-minted-that-way.309419/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/some-wood%E2%80%99s-rosa-americana-coins-have-blistered-bubbly-surfaces-%E2%80%A6-they-were-minted-that-way.309419/">Some Wood’s Rosa Americana coins have blistered, bubbly surfaces … they were minted that way.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]728045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Some History about the Rosa’s acceptance or lack off </b></p><p><br /></p><p>The following is from:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/RosaAm.intro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/RosaAm.intro.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/RosaAm.intro.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>These lightweight coins were not accepted by the colonists. Wood&#039;s penny was similar to a London halfpenny and his halfpenny was like the farthing, while his two pence did not correspond in weight to any currently circulating coin. In New York, merchants refused to accept the coins, while the General Assembly of Massachusetts in June of 1722 authorized the printing of £500 in one penny, two pence and three pence paper bills, rather than accept the Rosa Americana coins! Nevertheless, some colonies did accept them, although only reluctantly and only in limited quantities. <b>Among fifty-nine coins found during the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, two were Rosa Americana pennies dated 1722.</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>Next post 1707 ... the pile is thinning out ... 10 years left.&nbsp; Oldest 1592, if it doesn&#039;t get lost in the mail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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