1797 Cartwheel Penny

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George III's one penny coins:

This design (dated 1797) should weigh 28.3 g.





This design (dated 1806 - 1807, and 1808 if you're so lucky) should weigh 18.9 g.

0.9 oz is about 26 grams, so it could match a worn example of the cartwheel penny. If you click reply to topic link at the top right of the page, then click on the small green camera symbolbelow the reply box. From there you can upload a picture, so long as it is 90 kb or less. Hope that helps

To my eye, this coin is also seem slike harsly cleaned sometime as far as 50 years back. The mint surface seems to be removed both by a chemical compound and circulation. Combined of, those processes, can easily remove a couple of grams from coin's mass. I have two cartwheels, one is a P-12 (US Standarts) and the other seems to be a G or G+. The former is roughly around 25,5 Grams. Watever the condition is, cartwheels are lovely coins to keep. Did you know that they used to be put of dead people's eyes, back in 1800's to avoid them from opening instanly before burial, while they're being dressed for the coffin.