With hard currency in short supply, the coins of many nations circulated throughout the British colonies. Pennsylvanian James Boone Jr. pasted a printed table (probably clipped from a pocket almanac) showing the value and weight of various coins inside the lid of his money scale. In 1773, the year that he boldly inscribed his name on the outside of the wooden case, James' cousin, Daniel Boone, made the first attempt by British colonists to establish a settlement in Kentucky.