GIANT Copper! Birmingham Three Pence

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 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/

 

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Wow! I don't collect English coins, but that sure is impressive. That's one I wouldn't mind owing. Congratulations!

 

that's an awesome coin....giganto and cool edge, two things i dig.

 

it's a wheel. lol thanks for posting it. cool coin.

 

Wow what a monster, great lookin' coin...

 

Hey, hi TJC ... how is life treatin' ya?

Hey, that's a fantastic coin (very, very cool) ....

Ummm, I have a couple of examples that are fairly similar in dimensions, except my examples are 2,000 years older than your examples ... oh, but "both" of our examples are amazingly cool, eh?

Cheers, brother

40 mm x 70 grams

 

Oh yeah, that's one hunk of a coin.

 

ginormous! I want to get one of those russian kopeks, just huge too!

 

That sucker is bigger than the tires on my car. Yikes, what do you store it in, A 4 x 4 flip maybe?

Bruce

 

I agree with Valentinian in that I'd love to own the OP but it would not be my largest coin. Ptolemy II AE46 90.1g. However it is far from the biggest ancient. The only relatively common big, big coin is the liberal as from the first issue of the cast prow series. I have always wanted one of these but they were $1000 when I discovered I wanted one and several times that now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vecchi_051.jpg

 

A lovely example of a very difficult token. Congrats!

 

Here is a photo of the1770 Russian 5 Kopek. It is a big piece of Copper. This coin has a clip at :00 and a cud at 4:00.

 

Everyone likes your new token. Thank you for posting it.

If you ever see another example for sale, please let me know about it.

 

Steve, great Egyptian Ptolemy! Really like the Zues Ammon obverse and Eagle(s) reverse.

Doug, got to hold one of those old super huge cast prow pieces at the NYINC this last Jan. It was a highlight just holding it

Collect 89, great 5 Kopec! Had one of these; let it pass to new owner and now I am on the hunt for another.

 

You got it

 

Is the 1797 coin a 1 pence or 2 pence?

 

here is a threepence from wiveliscombe a very small town in the west of England--dated 1814 issued by r north--weight 58 grms diameter 1.75 inches

 

It is a 1 Pence.


Wyvern, nice large token!