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1737 Higley Broad AX Restrike Higley Copper Coins Grades vf++

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1737 Higley Broad AX Restrike Higley Copper Coins Grades vf++
1737 Higley Broad AX Restrike Higley Copper Coins Grades vf++. Original is worth $150,000 In Vf 30. Less then 15 known best is a vf30.; 1737 Higley Copper – Broad Axe Replica Coin
Struck by Dr. Samuel Higley from his copper mine in Granby, Connecticut. After the local protest of the three pence value, he gave his first coinage, he changes the design and added the inscription VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE but he left the Roman III value on the obverse. Legend has it that drinks at the local tavern cost three pence each and Higley would pay his bar tab with his own coins. This coin is extremely rare.
The obverse depicts a deer with the legend VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE III
The reverse has a Broad Axe and legend CUT BY WAY THROUGH
Diameter: 27.6 mm