It is significant to find that among the different kinds of money sterling in circulation in the counties along the Eastern Shore was the
lion or
dog collar, as it was called from the device on its face. Perhaps this was a Dutch coin obtained during the smuggling of traffic into the colony (despite Navigation Laws). The merchants of of Holland found easy trade with the colonists during the 17th century which undoubtably assisted the early colonists in their survival. A petition in 1696 from the planters of Accomac to their representatives in the House of Burgesses, asked that a legal value be set upon the
lion or
dog in order that it might be used to advantage in current business transactions. Pictured: Dutch coin used in the 17th century. Source: Palmer's Calendar of Virginia State Papers, vol. I, page 52.
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