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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26339229, member: 86815&quot;]Continuing on the date theme here is my Charles Pound coin for 1642.</p><p>This coin caused me massive consternation as it looks as if it is the heaviest pound recorded at 123.8 g. I bought/traded it at a show and then weighed it when I returned home. Reading Besly&#039;s Metrology of the Civil War I could see it was overweight. This caused me some grief. Fortunately I live in Wales and Mr Belsy was the curator of coins at the National Museum of Wales ( retired ) and I was able to confirm the Brooker die match. I then sent it to London for XRF testing and the testers lost it for 2 weeks which caused a little bit more stress but finally true joy! The test came back with the correct composition percentages of metal which was a relief.</p><p>From what I have read, a 3% variance could be a coin that missed a melt cull under pressure to avoid criticism or purloined. [ATTACH=full]1681362[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1681363[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve shown a Charles 1st Rose Farthing from a similar date range as a comparison between the largest hammered Stuart Coin and the smallest. This farthing weighs 0.8 g. This is 0.65% of the weight of the pound coin.</p><p>At this weight you would need about 155 farthings to match the weight but historically there were 960 farthings in a pound and I find that an interesting statistic relating to debased coinage and Fiat currency. In simple terms the poor were being ripped off![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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