Obverse: Settler's house, MACY - COLBY HOUSE / BUILT 1654. The surround inscription: MASSACHUSETTS BAY TERCENTENARY / 1630 AMESBURY 1930.
Reverse: The Indian in canoe reverse from the generic state medal.
The Macy - Colby house was the homestead of Thomas Macy whose flight to Nantuket is described in Whittier's poem, The Exiles. He sold it to Anthony Colby and his descendant, Moses Colby, sold it to the Bartlett Cemetary Association. In 1930, it housed a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Hi Bill
I began a metal detecting hobby last year and found one of these coins on the banks of the Merimac river downstream of the town of Amesbury, in the city of Haverhill. The coin is severely worn on the reverse and the obverse looks almost sand blasted, but recognizable . No doubt from 70 plus years of water driven sandy silt. It's nice to see what this coin should look like. Thanks for the post
Massachusetts Bay Terecentenary 1930
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Hi Bill
I began a metal detecting hobby last year and found one of these coins on the banks of the Merimac river downstream of the town of Amesbury, in the city of Haverhill. The coin is severely worn on the reverse and the obverse looks almost sand blasted, but recognizable . No doubt from 70 plus years of water driven sandy silt. It's nice to see what this coin should look like. Thanks for the post