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(1737) Higley Copper, Broad Axe, COPY J CUT MY WAY THROUGH Colonial Cent 1c

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(1737) Higley Copper, Broad Axe, COPY J CUT MY WAY THROUGH Colonial Cent 1c
(1737) Higley Copper, Broad Axe, COPY J CUT MY WAY THROUGH Colonial Cent 1c. Although several types of copper coins circulated in colonial America in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, none of those issues were actually minted in the new world. The St. Patrick coinage was produced in Ireland and made legal tender in New Jersey in May 1682. William Wood produced his Rosa Americana issues in England in the 1720s, along with his Hibernia coinage that was intended for circulation in Ireland. There were others, including the French colonial coinage, but all of those issues were struck in Europe. While silver coins were produced in Massachusetts in 1652, the first copper coins struck anywhere in colonial America were the 1737 Higley coppers that were minted in Connecticut.The actual number produced will likely never be known. However, it is known that these pieces were coined of exceptionally high quality copper, often called pure copper. The high quality of the copper is one of the reasons, perhaps the main reason, that so few of these pieces exist today.