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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;askea, post: 1978116, member: 62006&quot;]This Isle of Man copper penny is one of only 90,000 issued by James, the tenth Earl of Derby in 1709. Isaac Newton, then Master of the Royal Mint at Tower Hill in London refused to manufacture them there as they did not bear the likeness of Queen Anne, but agreed that he could make them privately. Before this could be carried out the Earl of Derby obtained them elsewhere. They were very crudely made by cast, and not struck in the normal manner, therefore the quality is always poor. My example would be considered probably VF[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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