From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), 
compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late 
Phinehas Merrill, Esq.,
Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817, pg 55
Part I - General View- History

1652 - This year a mint was established in Boston for coining shillings, six-pences, and 
three-pences.  The first pieces being struck in 1652, the same date was continued upon all 
money for thirty years after.  The court ordered, that all the coins should have a double 
ring, with the inscription of the word "Massachusetts," with a tree in the centre on one 
side, and New-England and the date of the year on the other.  No other colony in this 
country ever presumed to coin money.

Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00
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