1658 Maryland Lord Baltimore Fourpence (Groat)

by Charles Doyle

  • The second Lord Baltimore, received from King Charles, the first I of England a grant for a new province to be named for queen Mary, designated “Terra Maria” or Maryland.

  • The Lord Baltimore Coinage was the first to be struck in England, specifically for a British American Colony.

1658 Lord Baltimore Large Bust Fourpence Replica by Peter J. Rosa

Large Bust with hypen in TERRAE-MARIAE

Shown in Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins,#W-1010, on Pg. 53, listed as #74 in Walter Breen’s Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins
on pg. 20. Crosby’s Early Coins of America in Plate III, No.3.

Rosa’s coin was created from impressions of the coin that is in the British Museum. His coin was not marked copy on the rim or on any of its sides.

  • The obverse is the bust of Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore of Maryland. Inscription: CAECILIUS : Dns : TERRAEI-MARIAE . &CT The Dns after CAECILIVS on the obverse is the standard medieval abbreviation for Domininus, meaning Lord.

  • The legend on the reverse is from Genesis I, 28: “Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait: CRESCITE : ET : MVLTIPLICAMINI.,” translated “and God blessed them and Increase and be multiplied and fill the earth”. Calvert arms crowned, org and cross above, with the denomination divided by the shield.
  • The original coin would sell for $24,000 in this condition.

Diameter: 17.5 mm

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1658 Maryland Lord Baltimore Sixpence

by Charles Doyle

  • The second Lord Baltimore, received from King Charles, the first I of England a grant for a new province to be named for queen Mary, designated “Terra Maria” or Maryland.

  • The Lord Baltimore Coinage was the first to be struck in England, specifically for a British American Colony.

1658 Lord Baltimore Small Bust Sixpence Replica by Peter J. Rosa

This coin is the same as shown in Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins except there is no hyphen before the M on Rosa’s coin,#W-1060, on Pg. 53, listed as #69 in Walter Breen’s Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins
on pg. 19. Crosby’s Early Coins of America in Plate III, No.2.

Rosa’s coin was created from impressions of the coin that is in the British Museum. His coin was not marked copy on the rim or on any of its sides.

  • The obverse is the bust of Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore of Maryland. Inscription: CAECILIUS : Dns : TERRAEI-MARIAE : &CT The Dns after CAECILIVS on the obverse is the standard medieval abbreviation for Domininus, meaning Lord.

  • The legend on the reverse is from Genesis I, 28: “Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait: CRESCITE : ET MVLTIPLICAMINI,” translated “and God blessed them and Increase and be multiplied and fill the earth”. Calvert arms crowned, org and cross above, with the denomination divided by the shield. There is no period after the final I and no hyphen before M. Very rare
  • The original coin would sell for $20,000 in this condition.

Diameter: 22 mm

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1658 Maryland Lord Baltimore Shilling

by Charles Doyle

  • The second Lord Baltimore, received from King Charles I, of England a grant for a new province to be named for queen Mary, designated “Terra Maria” or Maryland.

  • The Lord Baltimore Coinage was the first to be struck in England, specifically for a British American Colony.

1658 Lord Baltimore Shilling Replica by Peter J. Rosa

  • Rosa’s coin was created from impressions of an original coin that is in the British Museum. His coin was not marked copy on the rim or on any of its sides.

  • The obverse is the bust of Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore of Maryland. Inscription: CAECILIUS Dns TERRAEI-MARIAE & CT The Dns after CAECILIVS on the obverse is the standard medieval abbreviation for Domininus, meaning Lord.

  • The legend on the reverse is from Genesis I, 28: “Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait: CRESCITE : ET : MVLTIPLICAMINI,” translated “and God blessed them and Increase and be multiplied and fill the earth”. Calvert arms crowned, org and cross above, with the denomination divided by the shield.
  • The original coin would sell for $23,000 in this condition.

Diameter: 26 mm

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1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Threepence

by Charles Doyle

The Pine Tree coinage (1667-1682) was introduced after the Oak Tree series. This series continued to use the date of 1652, the date when Massachusetts coinage was first authorized.
1652 Pine Tree Threepence Replica by Peter J. Rosa
Peter Rosa’s Pine Tree Threepence replica most matches the coin shown in the Whitman [...]

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1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Sixpence

by Charles Doyle

The Pine Tree coinage (1667-1682) was introduced after the Oak Tree series. This series continued to use the date of 1652, the date which Massachusetts coinage was first authorized.
1652  Pine Tree Sixpence Replica by Peter J. Rosa
Peter Rosa’s Pine Tree Sixpence replica most matches the coin shown in the Whitman Encyclopedia of [...]

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1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling, Small Planchet

by Charles Doyle

The Pine Tree coinage (1667-1682) was introduced after the Oak Tree series. The first Pine Tree shillings were made the same size as the Oak Tree shillings (1667-1674), also known as the large planchet Pine Tree Shilling. Subsequent issues (1675-1682)were made the size of English shillings. Today they are known as the small planchet [...]

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1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling

by Charles Doyle

The Pine Tree coinage (1667-1682) was introduced after the Oak Tree series. The first Pine Tree shillings (1667-1674) were made the same size as the Oak Tree shillings, also known as the large planchet Pine Tree Shilling. Subsequent issues (1675-1682) were made the same size as English shillings. Today they are known as the small [...]

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1652 Massachusetts Oak Tree Twopence

by Charles Doyle

Oak Tree coinage (1660-1667) introduced the twopence for the first time with the date 1662. It is the only coin in the Massachusetts silver coinage series not to bare the date of 1652. It is assumed that the 1662 date was used to observe the year in which the twopence was authorized.
1662 Oak Tree [...]

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1652 Massachusetts Oak Tree Threepence

by Charles Doyle

The Oak Tree coinage (1660-1667) was introduced after the Willow Tree series. The arrival of a screw press in about 1660 resulted in the coins being better made than the previous Massachusetts’ silver coinage issues.
1652 Oak Tree Threepence Replica by Peter J. Rosa
The obverse of Rosa’s Oak Tree threepence is missing the pellets between the [...]

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1652 Massachusetts Oak Tree Sixpence

by Charles Doyle

The Colonial Massachusetts Oak Tree coinage (1660-1667) was introduced after the Willow Tree series. The arrival of a screw press in about 1660 resulted in the coins being better made than the previous Massachusetts’ silver coinage issues.
1652 Oak Tree Sixpence Replica by Peter J. Rosa
The design type that most resembles Rosa’s Oak Tree sixpence style [...]

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