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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 848327, member: 20205&quot;]The reason they are heavy (1 and 2 ounces respectively) is because at that time, that was pretty much the intrinsic worth of the copper in them, and having the coins close to their intrinsic worth was a deterrent to forgery, which was a massive problem in Britain in the late 18th century. </p><p>&nbsp;However, Boulton and Watt&#039;s steam-driven manufacturing process actually made them cheaper to produce than the Royal Mint (and cheaper to produce than any forger would be able to manage). The only real reason these issues weren&#039;t successful in the long-term was the fact that copper prices came to outstrip their face value, although the fact that they were large and unwieldy might also have played a part...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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