our late Enemies conscious of this, & unrestrained by any Law, are countirfeiting (sic) in vast abundance, that others even of our Countrymen. The petition went on to explain the situation with lightweight counterfeit coppers: That there is a great & very prevalent scarcity of small Change in this State, in consequence whereof great inconveniences are severely felt by all orders of men in the Articles of Change, especially by the laborious Class. The petition (legally known as a memorial in Connecticut) explained the problems the partners hoped to address if their request was granted, namely: The origin of the Connecticut mint can be traced back to Octowhen the partnership of Samuel Bishop, James Hillhouse, John Goodrich and Joseph Hopkins petitioned the state for the privilege of coining coppers. The obverse legend was one of several forms of Latin abbreviations for the phrase "By the authority of Connecticut." The reverse depicted a seated personification of Liberty closely resembling the British Britannia with a legend consisting of an abbreviated form of "Independence and Liberty." Yet, the basic design of the Connecticut Coppers never changed all issues imitated the British halfpenny! The obverse depicted the bust of a man wearing a laurel wreath, the figure sometimes faced to the left (as George II) or to the right (as George III) and was either clad in mail armor or draped in a toga.
There were more that 355 die combinations, with at least 126 type varieties having 26 distinct bust styles made by at least six different mints. Connecticut 85 and 88 Die Variety ChartsĬonnecticut Coppers 1785-1788: IntroductionĬonnecticut coppers have the most complex minting history of all colonial issues.
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