Colonial American British Coin
Machin's Mills
Copper Half Penny
Made in America in 1775
This American-produced King George III copper halfpenny was among some of the only coinage produced in Colonial America at the time and was among the last produced under the British King. The goal of the imperial nations such as Great Britain was to keep the colonies "cash poor" making coinage in very short supply leaving the barrier for goods the primary monetary exchange. This point along with many others would be the breaking point for the American colonies and the year this coin was produced. Representatives from each colony were meeting for the first time as a "Continental Congress" to discuss measures to take to win back their rights as Englishmen. One year after this coin was produced, the members that congress saw that independence was the only way for them to regain rights creating the United States of America ....... if this coin could talk, what a story it could tell.
Colonial American British Coin
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The Smoky Mountain Relic Room stands behind the items we sell with a limited lifetime guarantee. We will exchange any item for store credit if the item sold is found by a certified authenticator not to be the authentic artifact, fossil, meteorite, or mineral that we advertised it as being. A letter, specific to the artifact, fossil, meteorite, or mineral in question, from a certified authenticator (in the business under the occupation-specific to the item in question), must be brought in with the item for the return to be acceptable. This guarantee is for the lifetime of the initial purchaser only. See the Relic Room Manager, downstairs inside Smoky Mountain Knife Works, for more information. Original receipt required for exchanges.
