No colonial coinage was ever officially authorized for New Hampshire, making this 1776 pattern one of the most historically loaded non-circulating pieces in early American numismatics. The colony — soon state — never followed through on any coinage legislation, and only a handful of these copper patterns are known to survive, likely struck as proposals or trials rather than for any planned production run.
No colonial coinage was ever officially authorized for New Hampshire, making this 1776 pattern one of the most historically loaded non-circulating pieces in early American numismatics. The colony — soon state — never followed through on any coinage legislation, and only a handful of these copper patterns are known to survive, likely struck as proposals or trials rather than for any planned production run.