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tracyaw Valued Member United Kingdom 127 Posts	Posted 07/04/2013 11:35 am I have a 1797 cartwheel pennny and noticed the rotation is different to other British coin denominations, when the reverse is right side up, George is upside down. Or vice versa. Is that normal, and what that's why they called cartwheel? Report this Post to the Staff

tracyaw Valued Member United Kingdom 127 Posts	Posted 07/04/2013 12:09 pm OK, it is normal, found the answer on wiki answers they were made this way. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 07/04/2013 12:12 pm Yeup, normal, but I believe its called a cartwheel because, lets be honest, you could use it as a cartwheel with no real issues. Perhaps its the raised edge. Report this Post to the Staff
Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2135 Posts	Posted 07/04/2013 1:34 pm That orientation is normal for Cartwheel twopences; I don't have any pennies to hand to check. They were called cartwheels because they have a broad raised rim similar to the wheels of carts common at the time. Report this Post to the Staff
tracyaw Valued Member United Kingdom 127 Posts	Posted 07/04/2013 3:08 pm Thanks Pertinax, and Ben. Yes it is normal for the pennies too. Yes I see what you mean, I was thinking of acrobatic cartwheels lol. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16894 Posts	Posted 07/04/2013 6:43 pm They were called "cartwheels" because they were huge - big enough to use as a cart wheel. They (and the twopences even more so) were the largest copper coins Britain had made up to that time. Prior to 1797, The only 1 penny coins Britain knew were tiny silver pennies. "Cartwheel" is a derogatory term used for several other coins considered too large to be practically functional as coins. Australian crowns, for example, were nicknamed "Casey's cartwheels" (Richard Casey being the politician behind introducing them). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 07/05/2013 04:44 am Don't forget £1 worth of cart wheels weighed a staggering 15lbs. I think they introduced turn ups in trousers. Report this Post to the Staff
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