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<p>[QUOTE="Jimski, post: 2995529, member: 77373"]I recently put one of these “branch mint” coins on my Wish List. I was looking for info for my 1698 halfcrown post, when I ran across this very interesting story below.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mints that [USER=40017]@PaddyB[/USER] refers to in his post were operated from 1696 thru 1697 to supply coinage for “<b>The Great Recoinage of William III</b>”. The Great Recoinage, begun in 1696, brought about the demonetization of all hammered coinage by March 1698. (1) Circulating hammered coins of the time were commonly clipped. Clipping involved cutting silver <font size="4">from </font>the edges of hammered coins then circulating the clipped coin at face and selling the clippings as bullion, or use it to counterfeit.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]739995[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Hundreds of 16th Century coin clippings have been discovered in a Gloucestershire field. The 500 silver clippings, dubbed the Toenail Hoard, were unearthed by Gavin Warren using a metal detector in the Forest of Dean. (<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34779378" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34779378" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34779378</a>)</font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]739996[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><font size="3">The earliest clippings date from the 1560s to 1570s and the latest from 1645.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Milled coins had been produced in the mints since Charles II’s coinage of 1662. The milled coinage included an anti-clipping feature, raised lettering completely around the edge of the coin (on crowns and halfcrowns) or milled (akin to reeded) edge (on shilling, and sixpence). The Great Coinage planned to remove all hammered coinage and replace it with the clip-proof milled coinage of the day. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">To provide the large number of coins needed, branch mints were established at Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Norwich, and York. Coins from the branch mints display a mint mark (B, C, E, N or Y) beneath the obverse bust. Coins with the branch mint marks can be found in the years 1696 and 1697.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">(1) The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, W Cunningham D. D., Cambridge at the University Press, pg 437,</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jimski, post: 2995529, member: 77373"]I recently put one of these “branch mint” coins on my Wish List. I was looking for info for my 1698 halfcrown post, when I ran across this very interesting story below. The mints that [USER=40017]@PaddyB[/USER] refers to in his post were operated from 1696 thru 1697 to supply coinage for “[B]The Great Recoinage of William III[/B]”. The Great Recoinage, begun in 1696, brought about the demonetization of all hammered coinage by March 1698. (1) Circulating hammered coins of the time were commonly clipped. Clipping involved cutting silver [SIZE=4]from [/SIZE]the edges of hammered coins then circulating the clipped coin at face and selling the clippings as bullion, or use it to counterfeit. [ATTACH=full]739995[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Hundreds of 16th Century coin clippings have been discovered in a Gloucestershire field. The 500 silver clippings, dubbed the Toenail Hoard, were unearthed by Gavin Warren using a metal detector in the Forest of Dean. ([url]http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34779378[/url]) [ATTACH=full]739996[/ATTACH] The earliest clippings date from the 1560s to 1570s and the latest from 1645.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4] Milled coins had been produced in the mints since Charles II’s coinage of 1662. The milled coinage included an anti-clipping feature, raised lettering completely around the edge of the coin (on crowns and halfcrowns) or milled (akin to reeded) edge (on shilling, and sixpence). The Great Coinage planned to remove all hammered coinage and replace it with the clip-proof milled coinage of the day. To provide the large number of coins needed, branch mints were established at Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Norwich, and York. Coins from the branch mints display a mint mark (B, C, E, N or Y) beneath the obverse bust. Coins with the branch mint marks can be found in the years 1696 and 1697.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3] (1) The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, W Cunningham D. D., Cambridge at the University Press, pg 437,[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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