Posted 11/14/2011 6:58 pm
Yep. This is an example of "anchor money", the second of three attempts by the British to make a colonial "trade coinage" to rival the Spanish/Mexican dollar - the first being the very rare "portcullis coinage" of 1600 and the third being the "British Trade dollar" of the late 1800s-early 1900s.
You'll find anchor money listed in the 1800s Krause under "British West Indies", though I personally file them under the name "British Colonies" in my database, since that's what "COLONIAR: BRITAN:" translates to and they were intended to circulate far beyond the Caribbean. Krause reports they did see some circulation in Canada.
A 1/8th dollar should be half the weight of a silver quarter.
You'll find anchor money listed in the 1800s Krause under "British West Indies", though I personally file them under the name "British Colonies" in my database, since that's what "COLONIAR: BRITAN:" translates to and they were intended to circulate far beyond the Caribbean. Krause reports they did see some circulation in Canada.
A 1/8th dollar should be half the weight of a silver quarter.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
