Higley Copper Coins
Base
About This Coin
Struck from copper mined at the Higley family's private mine in Granby, Connecticut, the Higley coppers stand among the earliest indigenous coinage produced in the American colonies. Samuel Higley mined copper near Granby, Connecticut, and with his brother John made the dies and struck these coppers from 1737; Samuel was lost at sea in 1737 and John carried on. Every obverse shows a deer: the first legend, THE VALVE OF THREE PENCE, gave way to VALVE ME AS YOU PLEASE and VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE, and one die shows a wheel with THE WHEELE GOES ROUND. The reverses show three crowned hammers with CONNECTICVT or I AM GOOD COPPER, or a broad axe with J CUT MY WAY THROUGH. Daniel Freidus recorded 8 obverse and 5 reverse dies in 15 marriages.
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(7)
(1737) Higley Copper Threepence - Broad Axe, THE WHEELE GOES ROUND
(1737) Higley Copper Threepence - Broad Axe, VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE
1737 Higley Copper Threepence - Three Hammers, CONNECTICVT
1737 Higley Copper Threepence - Three Hammers, VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE
1737 Higley Copper Threepence - Three Hammers, VALVE ME AS YOU PLEASE
1737 Higley Copper Threepence - Three Hammers, VALVE OF THREE PENCE
1739 Higley Copper Threepence - Broad Axe, VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE
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