Show FIRST U S COIN SHILLING OF 1652 melted candlesticks used to make silver piece on may 20 12 ac 2 hull minte I 1 the first piece of silver for use in the american colonies feeling the need of a medium of exchange the I 1 ston col induced the le slature to enact a statute permitting the coin coln age of money in the colo iv john hull a boston I 1 householder ouse holder offered to erect a build ng it his ex pense on his own land to be used as i a mint his fits propos tion was ras incept ed an ani I 1 he was made master of the mint As compensation comi ens ie was ras to receive one sl st illia u g for en ebuy ci y twenty that he ni anted foi the col lot nv bo so out near tl e biro barn on I 1 is property he built a one room stack sl aab 10 feet wide in 1 16 feet long ton an I 1 here in this anted I 1 bild ng R minted the first in the col on es the event mas w is ma I 1 ed by an ail aabol ab solite ite absence of aceret ony he ile went ab ut the fast in the same matter offitt of fact way thit that ie le would rould have it 11 pro id tel ed the tasi of mould would ing candles Us ng ing in bin glish shilling as a model this first ni antil f a few s iver i aces was a day s job hull and a frien I 1 melted up 1 s m me e silver candlestick s in in ci oven en I 1 ill lilt t of fie I 1 stones it red a long time to get tl e oven I 1 ot enough with the wood rood they were using as fuel how ev ener er lite late in the afternoon tie tl e two men were ready to pour the molten s iver into flat moulds at this point mrs hull ap pearel on the scene to pers ia IP le them to eat supper aupper which they ln ly after sniper tt ey te turned to work by candle light firs first they removed the that had cooled in flat slabs and gouni poun I 1 ed it down to the right thinness then with a heavy h hanmer immer and a punch thea the cut out tt it e discs on one side of which they stymied ed N r standing anding bt for new I 1 and on the other 11 II 11 denoting 12 pence finally they welded each disc separately if the disc ed more than 72 grains they cut oil a piece which Is why most of them are of such irregular shai e thus with crude tools and ineth did the first colonial shilling come in 0 being |