Keywords: English shilling
Item 55350
Shilling coin, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1607 Location: Phippsburg Media: Silver
Item 105049
King James I English shilling coin, Richmond Island, 1604
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1604 Location: Richmond Island Media: Silver
Exhibit
George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
