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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2770603, member: 12789&quot;]Made for the British N. American colonies but largely rejected because they were underweight:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/rosaamericanapenny1723_zpsyzcfgpo8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is actually a pattern that found it&#039;s way into circulation - there are 24 pellets in the rose on the reverse - the circulating coins normally have 15 pellets in the rose.&nbsp; These coins were minted with a patent granted to William Wood, who was also responsible for the &quot;Hibernia&quot; coinage above.&nbsp; These coins were often rejected and or banned in the American colonies.&nbsp; Massachusetts-Bay prohibited their usage and even issued a small change paper money in 1723 to drive them out of circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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