A trader's currency token was issued by Samuel Higley of Simsbury, Connecticut in 1737.
Higley owned the mine which produced the copper, which was near Granby, Connecticut.
He smelted the copper ore, designed and engraved the dies, and struck the tokens himself.
The second version was inscribed 'VALUE ME AS YOU PLEASE', because so many coins were put into circulation that the "three pence" local value was deflated, and area merchants complained.
So, Dr. Higley re-valued the coin, and left it up to the local economy to set its own value.