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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Captainkirk, post: 698976, member: 2356&quot;]I was wrong, I should have said pre-colonial. Here&#039;s a snippet I got from google:</p><p>&nbsp;&quot;Prior to 1792, everyday business was conducted using a motley accumulation of tokens, coins, medals and counterfeits issued by private individuals, private mints inside and outside of America, and official mints outside of America.&quot; </p><p>Many colonies issued their own coinage, and these are really cool and I wish I could afford some of them.</p><p>Also, I own a Wood&#039;s Hibernia Farthing, that I believe circulated in this era, there is also a Hibernia sixpence.</p><p>Another snippet:</p><p>Wood also produced the Rosa Americana series for the colonies, it has been suggested the unwanted Hibernia coins ended up in the American. Although a few examples have been discovered in America, Mossman (p. 134) has concluded:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;There is no evidence of any substantial colonial circulation for these coppers . . . although it can be reasonably concluded that any current European coins could have ended up in North America, either brought over by the steady stream of immigrants or in the merchant trade&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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