1737 Broad Axe Higley Copper Colonial Coin

[coinsarefun]

This is as close as I will ever come close to owning one
and very happy with it:


If someone wanted the real deal from Stacks   http://www.stacks.com/Lot/ItemDetail/95221

[Deagle74]

Nice one Stefanie - close enough 4 me!!!! Thx 4 sharing,

Rok

[mmarotta]

Interesting coin.  I did not know the variety. 
Here is the story from the University of Notre Dame collection.
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Higley.intro.html

There was even an article about Dr. Samuel Higley in the New England Journal of Medicine, but it requires a subscription to see the whole thing.

Medical Intelligence
Samuel Higley, M.D.
by Roy J. Popkin, M.D.
N Engl J Med 1964; 271:310-311August 6, 1964

This article has no abstract; the first 100 words appear below.

SAMUEL Higley (1687–1737), an early Colonial physician, is well known to students of America's industrial history as one of the actors in the dramatic story of iron and steel and to the numismatic fraternity as the minter of the Higley Copper coin or token.

Samuel Higley was born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, of an old and prominent family even at this early date in America. His father was active in public affairs, serving as Captain of Militia, Justice of the Peace, Judge of the County Court and member of the General Assembly. Samuel showed the same energy and mental ...

[Deagle74]

Thanx 4sharing the above info Michael - very interesting!
Rok

[Zantetsuken]

Nice one Stef. Thanks for sharing.

~Daniel

[coinsarefun]

I think its a very interesting coin. Lots of history and he choose to copy the rarest of them all.

I don't know why but I really like electrotype coins and besides, many are unique whereas they are
the Bolen copies which are rare but most electrotypes are unique or very few meaning 1-3 are made.


Like my Isabella.......the dealers I showed it to admit they have never seen one or if they have they
only saw one or two in 40 years


I had this holder made for it, and will have one made for the 1737 Broad Axe too.