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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 4969750, member: 13650&quot;]<b>1773 Virginia Half Penny </b></p><p>&nbsp; Mintage: About 670k pieces</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Authorized by the 1773 Virginia delegation to be minted at the Tower of London mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; The entire mintage showed up at New York harbor on a ship named the Virginia, February 14th of 1774 where they sat for about a year waiting for a royal decree to release them for use.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Finally released to public around March 1775.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Revolutionary War breaks out mid April 1775.</p><p>&nbsp;Despite carrying the kings likeness, circulated freely during and after the war, probably out of necessity.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One of the few I have not in plastic with a pretty neat story.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194481[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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