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Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 381 Posts	Posted 04/10/2024 04:04 am Yes. Not the easiest of coins to handle. Being pure copper they smelt a bit, though I'm sure most of us did in those days, and imagine the damage they did to peoples pockets being so heavy! Almost makes you glad the price of copper went up so much before the 1806 issue! Report this Post to the Staff
zookeeperz Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 694 Posts	Posted 04/20/2024 10:06 pm My two Cartwheels Two Pence and Penny Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95200 Posts	Posted 04/20/2024 10:19 pm very nice cartwheels! Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 04/22/2024 08:12 am Quote: My two Cartwheels Two Pence and Penny Nice pair! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 381 Posts	Posted 06/06/2024 03:51 am Well. Just thought I'd share this. Managed to get a copy of Peck's "English copper .... coins...." 1970 edition. Vast array of Matthew Boulton coinage from this period, and the number of patterns and proofs made my jaw drop so far I fell down the hole in my tooth! Then there's all the 19th century restrikes, some of which were deliberate mules. Just as well it didn't include all his trading tokens and their derivatives! Mind seriously boggled... Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 06/06/2024 04:13 am Quote: such subtle changes to denote value - if in a rush you may not notice - or the ques may get so long as folks study their coins as to not pay too much.. The big difference in practice is that the penny weighs 1 ounce and the twopence weighs 2 ounces. This means the twopence is noticeably larger, and significantly thicker. Not really something you can mix up that easily. Of course this isn't going to be visible on a photo, so other ways have to be found to tell the two designs apart in that context, which is where all those subtle changes come in. (I'm not very confident that those changes were even deliberate, TBH.) US coinage from that period has the same problem - wide range of denominations with essentially the same design, and there's a lot of small details that help figuring out if it's a dime or a quarter or a dollar or whatever. Report this Post to the Staff
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