#pine tree shilling

[massachusetts-official]

Learned today that colony Massachusetts created it's own currency called pine tree shillings in 1652, but since it was illegal to for colonies to make their own currency, Massachusetts just kept putting "1652" on every coin so that when the British got mad they just said the coins were from the original batch. The "original batch" was made for 30 years

We have always been good at sticking it to the British

[dfwcoin]

1795 Time Capsule Contained Alternative Currency

The time capsule recently opened in Boston: "One of the coins in the box, a Pine Tree Shilling, was minted in 1652 for the use of Massachusetts’ colonists, without the knowledge of the British monarchy."

What seems new is really old- because it worked the first time.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/01/06/history_of_time_capsules_boston_statehouse_time_capsule_opening.html