Posted 11/28/2007 7:27 pm
From Spink's Catalog of British Colonial and Commonwealth Coins, 1986.
Coins issued were 1/2 pennies, pennies, twopence, and four known patterns. Ordinary coins will likely not be under $500 US Dollars each, and the patterns start at $5000 and go up from there. Good luck to you!
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With the aid of the Duchess of Kendal, in 1722 William Wood secured the rights to produce a common coinage for all the English colonies in the new hemisphere. The contract was for a period of 14 years. The coinage was to be 1/2 the standard weight of similar English coinage which resulted in rejection by the colonists and the series was discontinued in 1723. The coins were struck in both Bristol and London in a mixture of copper, zinc, and trace silver called "bath metal" (Bronze). Patterns were prepared as early as 1717 and as late as 1733.
Coins issued were 1/2 pennies, pennies, twopence, and four known patterns. Ordinary coins will likely not be under $500 US Dollars each, and the patterns start at $5000 and go up from there. Good luck to you!
