Finaly Picked up a Cartwheel 1797

The first one I bought on ebay advertised as a 2 pence came in and it weighed 28 g so I complained to the seller and he apologized, refunded and said keep the coin. I then bought a "real" 2 pence. I would love to have a 1797 1/2 pence to go with them

 

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What’s that mean?

 

Av (avoirdupois) is the scale used to weigh bananas and cheese - 28.35 g to the ounce and 454 g to the pound (16 ounces), while the Troy ounce is used for precious metals - 31.10 g to the ounce, but 373.24 g to the pound (12 ounces)...confusing enough? That's why science uses grams. Interestingly copper is weighed by the AV system.

 

Raw. Gives you something to grade later

 

Hot Damn won big brother too for 60 (same seller hehe, don't think he's gonna like me much if I keep low bidding his auctions lol)
Not quite as nice as the 1p but I still think I did damn well on this one too
11 leaf I believe as well

 

Thank you.

 

Holy mackerel

 

That might jam up a coinstar

 

Very nice, the edges are usually more banged up...

 

They have both arrived and for a total spent of 80 bucks I'm damn happy

 

For that you would have to get a Conder token. There were no Regal 1/2 penny coins struck between 1775 and 1799.

 

I know, but i'd STILL like to have one.

 

Great coin. I always loved the old cartwheels. They're very impressive coins.

Bruce