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TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 03/02/2014 6:01 pm This giant 19th Century, 1813 3 Pence is 45mm wide and 5mm thick. It weighs 68.74 grams. O: BIRMINGHAM, THREE PENCE, View od workhouse. Rx: ONE POUND NOTE PAYABLE AT THE WORKHOUSE FOR 80 TOKENS, shield in centre. Could not resist this one:D I have provided a couple of comparison 1797 Cartwheel pics to compare the scale:) Here is some interesting social history: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Birmingham/ Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/02/2014 6:41 pm Congrats. Hard to find in this condition. Report this Post to the Staff
keepcalmandcoinon Pillar of the Community United States 865 Posts	Posted 03/02/2014 7:49 pm Wow, that is GIANT! Very cool find. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 03/02/2014 8:09 pm Wow! "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 03/02/2014 9:26 pm The thing I've found most difficult to imagine is, somebody carrying eighty of the things into the Workhouse so they can get the 1 pound note they were promised. 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
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 03/03/2014 6:44 pm Quote: The thing I've found most difficult to imagine is, somebody carrying eighty of the things into the Workhouse so they can get the 1 pound note they were promised. I can imagine it! Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/03/2014 7:13 pm That's going to weigh around 12.25 lbs and a pound sterling of copper should have weighed 15 lbs. At a rough reckoning, they were skimming 1/11, or one shilling and eleven pence on every pound sterling of unreclaimed tokens. Approximately 10%. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 2:12 pm They also made a very rare emission of even larger 6d tokens. I've been looking out for a 3d token for cheap, but no luck. Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 5:17 pm I spotted this 6d too late. It went cheaply in my opinion. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NICE-COLL...em4d18d0e2c8 Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 08:50 am Here is a Baldwins auction with 1P, 3P, & 6P: https://www.baldwin.co.uk/media/cms...20Tokens.pdf alganbagerap, I agree. Good price on that 6 Pence. Report this Post to the Staff
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