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harashaharasha Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
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With Cartwheels such as this. I guess you really got your two pence worth!

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Yes, a pocketful of those would have weighed you down.
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  • AuroraRaritiesAuroraRarities Posts: 167
    I love those wide rims and the hefty feel of these. The Britannia design is attractive too.
  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,444 ✭✭✭
    I can never help but look twice when I see them at auction. such nice HEFT and great shock value when presenting coins to the "younger set"..... always get some ooohs and ahhhs from the nephs/nieces....
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  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,444 ✭✭✭
    even the 1p were sizable!

    when I can procure them I can never bear to use them as pocket pieces however.. so darn soft.
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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You've piqued my interest: how large are these?
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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From Wikipedia:

    At the Soho Mint, James Watt and Matthew Boulton used their steam-powered coin presses to make twopence coins in addition to the "cartwheel" pennies described above. These 2d coins weigh exactly 2 ounces (56.699 g), making them the heaviest British coins for ordinary circulation, and are approximately 41 millimetres (1.6 in) diameter by 5 millimetres (0.20 in) thick. 722,160 were minted, all bearing the 1797 date. The obverse reads GEORGIUS III • D:G • REX. and the reverse BRITANNIA. 1797.[1]
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love the fact that the coin could be worn almost slick, and you can still read the date.

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    I do love me some big copper. US silver dollars were about the same weight as the 1797 penny at approximately 26.7 g, with a diameter of 38.1 mm the silver dollar is slightly larger than the penny at 36 mm, but the tuppance at 41 mm and 5 mm thick is just a huge coin.

    Tuppance - 2 oz.

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    Penny - 1 oz.

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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>From Wikipedia:

    At the Soho Mint, James Watt and Matthew Boulton used their steam-powered coin presses to make twopence coins in addition to the "cartwheel" pennies described above. These 2d coins weigh exactly 2 ounces (56.699 g), making them the heaviest British coins for ordinary circulation, and are approximately 41 millimetres (1.6 in) diameter by 5 millimetres (0.20 in) thick. 722,160 were minted, all bearing the 1797 date. The obverse reads GEORGIUS III • D:G • REX. and the reverse BRITANNIA. 1797.[1] >>



    But Matthew Boulton outdid himself in 1813 thanks to the fine folks at the Birmingham Workhouse - they issued absolutely huge 3 pence tokens that are larger than the 1797 2 pence coins. I have a couple of the pieces myself but need to image them. They also struck up proposals for a 6 pence token, but only struck a few examples before deciding that it was not viable to strike that denomination. The 3d token is the largest monetary piece ever circulated in Britain.
  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,444 ✭✭✭
    stick your hand out the window and let satellite pick them up. I'll hit google.maps and zoom in image
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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This bad boy is 44.5 mm and 66.2 grams.

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