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Message:: [QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 2034600, member: 72790"]I have an abiding interest in coinage of the 1700's, both American, European and Latin American. Recently I was doing some study into the New Jersey Cent pieces issued by the newly independent state in 1786 and 1787. As many of you may know these New Jersey "Cents" are frequently encountered in well worn condition. They must have circulated far into the 19th century along side the US minted Cents, the ones we call "large cents". What intrigues me about these NJ Cents is that they must have been noticeably lighter than the US cents they circulated with. In weight they seem closer to the US half cent. So, although we call these NJ coppers (the term used by the NJ legislature itself when first authorized) NJ "Cents", did they circulate as the equivalent of the US large cent or were they valued on the street as a half cent? Anyone know how these, and probably the other state coppers from Conn, Vermont, NY and Mass., circulated in terms of their value? Thanks.[/QUOTE]