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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1879063, member: 15445&quot;]This coin is from the 18th Century.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Wiki states that in 1797 Matthew Boulton was authorised by the government to strike copper pennies and twopences at his Soho Mint, in Birmingham.&nbsp; Penny coins had been silver up to this point &amp; the time was not yet right for a token coinage.&nbsp; Therefore, the coins had to contain one or two pence worth of copper, i.e. they weighed one and two ounces each (penny — 28.3 grams, diameter 36 millimetres). The large size of the coins, combined with the thick rim where the inscription was punched into the metal, led to the coins being nicknamed Cartwheels.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is the Penny from my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]318384[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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