Cornish Penny!

[JAN1]

Morning all.
A couple of weeks ago on one of my beaches in Cornwall I found a coin that I have never seen before. A few days later as I was coming back from detecting another beach a man stopped me and asked if I had found anything, I said not much but I found this the other day, when I showed it to him he said, I know what that is as I collect them it's a Cornish penny from 1811 minted by Mr Williams of Redruth a mining magnate.

I have marked the coin as it is well worn, one side shows a pilchard with copper ingots and tin ingots the other side has a tin mine head with the winding engine so most things that were produced down here then. Not worth anything but interesting Cornish history.

 

[WaterWalker]

That is what is one of the best rewards of our hobby, the unearthing a piece of history that makes you learn bits of history.
I had a similar rewards last fall. I was water hunting and found coin. I showed it to Google Search and what came back dropped me to my knees... It was a Brasher Doubloon, America's first gold coin. Google went on... Only 6 are known and the last one sold for 9 MILLION DOLLARS! No where on the coin was COPY or other marking that would make me believe it was not real at first. As I read GOLD hit me, and the size...the coin I found was about have the size it should have been and it was not GOLD. Still I know of no one that has found such a "treasure". Further reading, more history: Made by EB, and submitted to his neighbor, George Washington as a possible design for the first US Gold coin. Though it is a replica, it is in my show case, next to an 8 Reale I found while water hunting. It is time to get out and learn some more history.... May the ring of gold be in your ears and its glitter in your scoop! WW

 

[laplander]

Interesting how you found the coin happened to show it to a collector, well found!

 

[Odanscoils]

Nice finds.