Going through my "Wonder what this is?" box I was able to attribute a coin that I've had for a while. It is listed in my book under Connecticut State Coinage KM22.3. It is a 1788. I can't find (or I'm not seeing) the denomination of this coin. Was it a cent, half cent, etc? Thanks, Joel
You might want to check -HERE - and see if you can determine which one you have.There are 37 varieties. there - all fixed
Doug. Your link takes us to the US Mint website. The Connecticut statehood quarter is KM# 294. What am I missing?
karrlot, I have one of those myself so I did a bit of research.It carries no denomination but people at the time considered it to be equivalent to a British penny since it is basically the same size as the pennies of that time.This size was also used by the U.S. Mint as the size for it's first cents.The inscription AUCTORI CONNEC. means By Authority of Connecticut and of course INDE.ET.LIB. Independence and Liberty....fighting words at the time.
Make that a British halfpenny, there was no such coin as a british penny at the time. The last british penny before that time was a small silver coin the size of a dime and much thinner. The next british penny wasn't struck until 1797 and it weighed more than twice what that CT copper weighed. It was of similar size and weight to that of the copper british halfpence.
