e/Trader's Currency Token of the Colony of Connecticut

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has gloss	eng: A trader's currency token was issued by Samuel Higley of Simsbury, Connecticut in 1737. Higley owned the mine which produced the copper, which was located near Granby, Connecticut. He smelted the copper ore, designed and engraved the dies, and struck the tokens himself. They wore out extremely easily, due to the purity of the copper. These tokens are of historic interest to collectors of British Empire and Commonwealth coins, and are also if interest to collectors of US coins. They are extremely rare.
lexicalization	eng: Trader's Currency Token of the Colony of Connecticut
instance of	c/Tokens