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<p>[QUOTE="Bardolph, post: 8406913, member: 96174"]The British portable finds data base (finds.org.uk/database) show that two of these coins have been found by detectorists, both in separate locations in Lincolnshire (the county just across the River Humber from Hull).</p><p><br /></p><p>The FLO (British Museum Finds Liason Officer) identifies them as having been produced by J K Picard of Hull in 1813, so it seems to me quite likely that theywere made in England and shipped in large quantities to Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is also of interest to note that the battle of Vimeiro on 21st August 1808 is spelled as VIMTERA. I haven't looked through the press of the day, but in the Army Lists some 30 years later,Lord Raglan (he of the Charge of the Light Brigade) is listed as having received the Peninsular Silver War Medal with five clasps including one for Vimiera, Vimtera and Vintera - all three variations are found[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bardolph, post: 8406913, member: 96174"]The British portable finds data base (finds.org.uk/database) show that two of these coins have been found by detectorists, both in separate locations in Lincolnshire (the county just across the River Humber from Hull). The FLO (British Museum Finds Liason Officer) identifies them as having been produced by J K Picard of Hull in 1813, so it seems to me quite likely that theywere made in England and shipped in large quantities to Canada. It is also of interest to note that the battle of Vimeiro on 21st August 1808 is spelled as VIMTERA. I haven't looked through the press of the day, but in the Army Lists some 30 years later,Lord Raglan (he of the Charge of the Light Brigade) is listed as having received the Peninsular Silver War Medal with five clasps including one for Vimiera, Vimtera and Vintera - all three variations are found[/QUOTE]
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