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UNITED KINGDOM
the special insignia of the island was the only separate
medium, excepting a few Bank tokens ; and the penny
of 1786 is the first struck within the British dominions.
The Manx independent currency has long ceased.
The monograph of Mr. Atkins, of which a second
and improved edition may be expected, and the Mon-
tagu Colonial Catalogue, 1892, are the best guides for
the coinage of British America, the East India Com-
pany, Ceylon, Canada, the West Indies, Australasia, and
the other settlements of the English abroad. But the
small volume by Mr. Samuel Smith, 1890, also well
deserves attention. In the American series the Hoff-
money of the Sommers Islands : the Maryland shilling,
sixpence, groat, and penny :
the New England uniface
shilling, sixpence, and threepence : the Massachusetts
(1652-62) oak and pine-tree, and the Rosa Americana
(1722-33) series : the Carolina and New England tokens
of 1694, are the prominent features. A penny of
Maryland reads on reverse Denarhnn Terra Marice,
and has two flags issuing out of a coronet : on obverse
the titles as on the other pieces, with the same portrait
and m.m. For India there was nothing between the
portcullis money of Elizabeth, 1600-1, already men-
tioned, and the coinage in all metals under Charles II.
for Bombay and Madras, embracing several rare and
valuable types and examples. Some of the earlier issues
of silver and copper are highly characteristic and beauti-
fully executed ;
but the more recent bronze money for
many of our colonies has been intrusted to mechanics.
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