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<p>[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 6579077, member: 44106"]I remember visiting Fort York in Toronto and reading in one of the displays that a few late Roman bronzes were found in excavations on the site, which was in use during the late 18th / early 19th centuries. The British colonies (even the first New England ones) suffered from an ongoing lack of copper coinage... this led to various tokens being struck for profit, but also resulted in other unofficial "coinage" also being brought over from the Old World. Examples include the "raadsteken" (early town tokens) of Groningen being found in Roanoake, VA, or the often worn, countermarked "douzains" being shipped over from France to New France (Quebec all the way down to Louisiana) back in the 17th century. So having LRBs coming into the mix in the colonial days may have not been that crazy a notion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 6579077, member: 44106"]I remember visiting Fort York in Toronto and reading in one of the displays that a few late Roman bronzes were found in excavations on the site, which was in use during the late 18th / early 19th centuries. The British colonies (even the first New England ones) suffered from an ongoing lack of copper coinage... this led to various tokens being struck for profit, but also resulted in other unofficial "coinage" also being brought over from the Old World. Examples include the "raadsteken" (early town tokens) of Groningen being found in Roanoake, VA, or the often worn, countermarked "douzains" being shipped over from France to New France (Quebec all the way down to Louisiana) back in the 17th century. So having LRBs coming into the mix in the colonial days may have not been that crazy a notion.[/QUOTE]
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