New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . oins are the longestremembered. Wood, incurring the enmity ofDean Swift, owing to a plan for an Irish coinage,turned his attention to the transatlantic the 21st of June, 1738, Wood laid a proposi-tion before the Lords of Trade and Plantationsrelative to the issuing of paper money and theraising of the coin. He proposed a gold, silver,and copper coinage which should have America stamped on its face. The scheme for its distribu-tion, passing, and use in the colonies was elabo-rate, but unsatisfactory, insomuch t
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . oins are the longestremembered. Wood, incurring the enmity ofDean Swift, owing to a plan for an Irish coinage,turned his attention to the transatlantic the 21st of June, 1738, Wood laid a proposi-tion before the Lords of Trade and Plantationsrelative to the issuing of paper money and theraising of the coin. He proposed a gold, silver,and copper coinage which should have America stamped on its face. The scheme for its distribu-tion, passing, and use in the colonies was elabo-rate, but unsatisfactory, insomuch that the subjectwas abandoned. In the meantime the proclama-tion of Queen Anne was more honored in thebreach than in the observance, so much so, indeed,that in 1740 Governor Morris, owing to open andnotorious violations, proclaimed anew the ratesestablished under Queen Anne relative to thepassing and accepting of sevil pieces of eight,cross dollars, ducatoons of Flanders, ecus ofFrance, crusadoes of Portugal, old rex dollars,dog dollars, and gilder pieces of
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