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Message:: [QUOTE="CoinCollectorDS, post: 1351529, member: 29180"]American Colonial coins My favorite coin series is the American colonial series. Dates can range from the early 1600's to the late 1700's. I find it interesting that the coins were struck in varying designs that ranged from as simple as NE on the obverse and XII on the reverse to elegant designs of people, plants, and my personal favorite the all seeing eye. The first coinage struck for the English colonies in 1616 were made of copper and a small amont of silver. Commonly known as Hoggies the coins bear the image of a hog on the obverse and on the reverse a full-rigged galleon flying the flag of St. George on four masts. An intersting fact is that unlike our modern U.S. currency some coins show a date which is not actually the year they were made. For example, from 1653 to 1682 their were three differet coins "Willow"(53-60), "Oak"(60-67) and "Pine"(67-82) that all bore the date 1652. More interesting still is the fact that many coins of the series came from around the world.  sorry posting from mobile is a mess will finish before deadline[/QUOTE]