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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1399920, member: 66&quot;]Most of the copper coins that circulated then were the British farthings and halfpence, both real and counterfeit.&nbsp; Forget the VOC Dutch Duits.&nbsp; Sellers like to call them New York Pennies but they had nothing to do with US circulation.&nbsp; They were struck to circulate in Indonesia and the Dutch were pretty much driven out of the US by 1660.&nbsp; There may have been some 1/2 sol and 1 sol and some minor French copper that wandered down from Canada but I&#039;ve never hears much discussion about it with the exception of some in the western territories but they were still under french control at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver was almost exclusively Spanish and Spanish colonies.&nbsp; There were no significant coinages of British silver during that era.&nbsp; French coinages were done regularly but mintages were low and probably only for domestic use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold was once again the Spanish and Spanish colonies, 1 escudo to 8 escudo.&nbsp; The British were also coining gold at the time, 1/2 Guineas and 1 Guinea pieces would probably have circulated.&nbsp; There many have been a few French 1/2 Louis and 1 Louis as well but they would have probably been a small portion of the coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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