THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

THE COLLECTOR SERIES
In the United States department the coins which
prove the exception to the prevailing rule are the
Hog-money, the New England, Massachusetts, and
Maryland series, the New England and Carolina half-
penny tokens, 1694, the Rosa Americana (1722-33),
the "Continental Currency" pewter dollar (1776),
certain cents with the portrait of George Washington,
the cent of 1799, the half-dime of 1802, and the dollar
of 1804. With the half-dime it is said that a man
once paid his travelling expenses from the States to
England and back.
A set of the Hog-money of Bermuda—a shilling to
a penny—may be worth from i?50 to £100. The
shilling is the commonest, but the most interesting,
and should be procurable for £5 ; the penny is the
rarest, and might fetch £20. The New England
uniface shilling, sixpence, and threepence, struck there
about 1650, cannot be obtained under £9.5 ; the
shilling alone has realised =i?10.
A fine set of the Massachusetts shilling, sixpence,
threepence, and twopence, 1652-62, commands five
guineas ; the sixpence in good state is the hardest
to find.
Of the Maryland currency of Lord Baltimore, struck
in England about 1630, there are the shilling, sixpence,
groat, and penny, the first three in silver, the last a
copper pattern. If the four should occur together
highly preserved, they would not fall under the
hammer at much less than £60. The sixpence is
most readily obtained, but costs £6 or £7. The
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