The coins of

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were issued in 1688 and in between 1722 and 1724.

1688 coinage

This coin depicts King James II of England on a horse on the obverse, and crowned shields on the reverse.

William Wood's coinage

This issue is also known as the ''Rosa Americana'' ( Latin for ''American Rose'') coinage. These coins depict a laureated portrait of

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facing right on the obverse. The Halfpenny and 1

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depict a rose right in the centre of the reverse, whereas the

Twopence The British twopence (2''d'') ( or ) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage worth two pennies or of a pound. It was a short-lived denomination in copper, being minted in only 1797 by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint. These coins were made ...

depicts a crowned rose on the reverse. The 1 Penny also exists with a crowned rose depicted on the reverse dated 1723.

1688 coinage

William Wood's coinage

See also