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MARYLAND SHILLING
Maryland was the second colony, next to Massachusetts to have coinage of its own. Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, (for whom the Colony’s chief city was named) realized in 1658 that the colony needed money, so he ordered a batch of coins to be struck in Britain for use in the Colony.  Soon new coins (shillings, six-pence, 4-pence & pennies) arrived from London. Lord Baltimore’s profile is on the obverse & The Baltimore Family arms on the reverse, with the legend ”Increase & be Multiplied” in Latin & the value in Roman numerals.
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