Definition

• The name given to a variety of threepence struck by John Higley of Granby, Connecticut, from which circumstances these pieces are also referred to as Granby Coppers. Higley was born in 1673, and the coins are dated 1737 and 1739. There are a number of varieties, one of which was discovered as recently as 1913 with a wheel on the reverse. For details as to this private coinage, see Crosby, Early Coins of America, 1875, and Woodford, Currency and Banking in Connecticut.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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